Day 299: The only gringos in town
Overland miles: 14045 Bus hours: 428.5 Empanadar: 96 As our last weeks approached rapidly, we realised we needed to get away from llama jumper wearing gringos, test our true travelling mettle […]
Category Archives: Nature
Day 270: Canyon Country
Overland miles: 13494 Bus hours: 399.5 Empanadar: 82 Back in Peru for the first time since Christmas, we found ourselves very much on the tourist trail. And by tourists we […]
Day 246: Atacama to Uyuni, Part Two
Overland miles: 11785 Bus hours: 348.5 Empanadar 73 Most people awoke the second day of our trip feeling very groggy. Getting a good night’s sleep at altitude is difficult. I […]
Day 245: Atacama to Uyuni, Part One
Overland miles: 11785 Bus hours: 348.5 Empanadar 73 Crossing the border between Chile and Bolivia has been one of the wildest and most exciting parts yet of our trip. The […]
Day 233: The WWOOFER Cookbook
Overland miles: 10135 Bus hours: 311.5 Empanadar: 53 As we have mentioned in previous dispatches, your PFB correspondents are not vegetarians by a country mile. There are some properly farmed […]
Day 200: Two broke travellers
Overland miles: 9801 Bus hours: 301 Empanadar: 38 Our finances had taken a bit of of a battering travelling in Patagonian Argentina, so we reluctantly abandoned plans to head north […]
Day 191: Two go trekking
Overland miles: 9384 Bus hours: 292 Empanadar: 36 Make no mistake: Patagonia is THE place for trekking. As home to some of the most awe-inspiring vistas you’ll ever see, this […]
Day 174: Penguin Heaven
Overland miles: 8358 Bus hours: 265.25 Empanadar: 26 When Clare, our Travel & Nature writer asked me – the Food & Drink guy – to write about Magellanic Penguins in Patagonia, I […]
Day 173: To the end of the world and back
Overland miles: 8358 Bus hours: 265.25 Empanadar: 26 We arrived bleary-eyed in Punta Arenas sometime on 28 December, not knowing if we were awake or asleep. Having gone the whole […]
Day 134: Big-assed Ants from Barichara – Part 2
Overland miles: 6111 Bus hours: 184.5 Empanadar: 8 In which Clare and Jovian continue their quest to find edible leafcutter ants in Guane and San Gil, Colombia. Warning: Ants were […]
Prawns for Breakfast 