It is often the case that one tends to overlook the more obvious places. This is what has happened to me in the last 20 years or so… and now I am determined to change it. A visit to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain was at the top of the list….
On a recent visit to the Sacred Valley with my parents, I decided to embark on a mountain biking adventure for the first time from the town of Chinchero to Maras. During the adventure, we’d be stopping to visit the archaeological site of Moray, where we’d have lunch and then…
My first time in Peru was like the first time I fell in love: intense, beautiful and overwhelming. So incredible I want to talk about it, so pour yourself a drink and sit down, dear readers: here we go, destination South America, the huge Andes and the mystical history of…
The Nazca culture, with its complex textiles, impressive geoglyphs and underground aqueduct systems, first captivated my imagination when I traveled to Peru’s south coast as a curious child. Since then, I’ve continued to be fascinated by the Nazca Lines in particular. Recently I experienced the Nazca Lines flight from Pisco…
Last week I spent a bit of time (sadly too little) in the lovely town of Cartagena de Indias on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. I have been several times (you can read about one of my previous visits: Marisol, Aracari’s Owner Rings in 2008 from Cartagena, Colombia) and go relatively…
A Trip Across Bolivia with Aracari Journalist Lauren Holmes shares her personal experience travelling through Bolivia with Aracari as part of her research trip for her Bolivia destination article for House & Garden Magazine. During my first trip to Bolivia, backpacking across the continent a decade ago, I had time…