Nau mai, Haere mai/  Welcome

Welcome to our trip page, the place where we will post our pictures, experiences and observations on our trip to South America.

I am resurrecting the page I used for the Camino, not sure if it will work, if you are reading this I suppose it has?

This trip has been a long time in the planning and comes at the end of what has been a pretty horrid year!  This is all part of the celebration for someone’s birthday that may or may not end with zero!  So all the more reason to let loose a bit! 

The countdown is on and at the end of this week we will be heading our way to Lima onto the first leg of the trip. 

So what are some of the highlights that we are looking forward to?

We are taking two intrepid tours, both 15 days long, one through Peru and ending in La Paz Bolivia, and then a second a few days later from La Paz through Bolivia, that will eventually end in Buenos Aires.

It’s our first time doing small group tours and that in and of itself will be an experience, will we get on with the rest of the group? What will the pace be like?  Are we group tour people?  All this and more to find out.

Some of the highlights we are looking forward to include:

• A couple of nights deep in the Amazon
• Climbing Machu Pichu
• The salt flats of Bolivia
• A homestay on Lake Titicaca
• Death road ride in La Paz
• Tango in Buenos Aires
• Igacuzu falls

And so, so much more…..

Another highlight will be going to Maido, recently named the World’s best restaurant in Lima, Peru, this will be the location for the official birthday dinner, so prepare yourself for some Peruvian/Japanese food shots.

Once we have finished the tours we will have a week in Buenos Aires before heading up to Iguacu falls, a few days in Rio, Houston and then a sidebar trip to Nebraska.  Yes, Nebraska, but more on that leg later.

We will be away almost 2 months, by far the longest trip of this nature that we have ever taken, so sit back, press subscribe and get ready for your updates! 

Stand by for more….