Latin America

There are more than a hundred table-top mountains in southern Venezuela, northern Brazil and western Guyana. Many of them have not been explored up to this day, and there are several people who say they have seen dinosaurs still living in this area…

After having kicked around South America for almost a year, including a trip to the Peruvian Amazon jungles, I thought I needed a ‘real’ adventure. So I went to the jungle again – this time into the deepest Amazon forest.

After visiting all the well-known Maya sites (Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Tulum, Palenque etc), I decided to visit a Maya pyramid in the north of Guatemala which was pretty much forgotten by the world. This turned out to be the most exhausting jungle trek I had ever done.

Bolivia boasts to have “the highest ski slope of the world”. Having learned to ski at the age of four, obviously I wanted to go there. Well, I should have known better – skiing at an altitude of over 5000 meters is not easy…

I was backpacking through South America for a year, and I spent a significant part of this time in Peru. That’s where I stumbled across undiscovered pre-Inca ruins!

The one topic that travellers worry most about is money. Besides the usual concern of never having enough, there is another dimension to add: first one must understand the local currency, and secondly one must get hold of it.

There are some quite sophisticated schemes out there to separate you from your money. Read about some of theme here…

Further reading tips here…