Recent Posts
- A beautiful sunset, a dirty beach, too much to drink and an architectural gem March 25, 2023
- Nicaragua, part II March 21, 2023
- First impressions of Nicaragua were good. Then I got pulled over by the police March 21, 2023
- Monkey business in the rain forest March 17, 2023
- Los Planes March 16, 2023
- In the crater of an extinct volcano, there’s a touch of West Cork March 13, 2023
- My first genuine shakedown March 11, 2023
- Panama’s Canal: ‘A human triumph and one of the great stories of all time’ March 8, 2023
- Crossing the Darién — finally! March 7, 2023
- There’s gold, and a lot more besides, in them there hills. . . March 6, 2023
- A human drama that is epic in scale March 4, 2023
- Colourful chaos at the last frontier March 3, 2023
- ¡Hola! gringa! February 20, 2023
- The square February 20, 2023
- A gigantic landslide creates scenes of Biblical proportions along the Pan American February 15, 2023
- Into Colombia February 14, 2023
- Quito and middle earth February 8, 2023
- An election day feast in Ecuador February 7, 2023
- At evolution’s Ground Zero, the animals are everywhere February 6, 2023
- Ecuador — banana plantations and a clean environment February 6, 2023
- Cabo Blanco, an old man and the sea February 5, 2023
- Cabo Blanco, an old man and the sea January 28, 2023
- Faded elegance of old whaling port that still lands big catches January 24, 2023
- Casa Real Hotel — quietly classy but with the feel of a family home January 23, 2023
- How Chile’s wine producers are trying to address their country’s water problems January 21, 2023
- Protests erupt again and a high Andes road disappears into tunnels January 20, 2023
- Cusco and Machu Picchu January 16, 2023
- Navigating Peru’s trail of anger and bloodshed January 14, 2023
- Patricio Corcoran 1954 — 2023 January 14, 2023
- A great white nothingness January 13, 2023
- Into Bolivia and parts unknown January 10, 2023
- An abandoned town, desecrated graves and an evil eye January 9, 2023
- Alma and what the tourists don’t see (and neither do I) . . . January 9, 2023
- Of Sea Lions and Pelicans, of camping and mining . . . and an Italian from Mullingar January 1, 2023
- The shabby chic magic of Valparaiso December 31, 2022
- The Andean rivers are running dry December 26, 2022
- Che and the myth of those Motorcycle Diaries December 23, 2022
- If you are into motorbikes, this is the place for you December 22, 2022
- Andres and Enrique: heroes of Bahia Murta December 19, 2022
- Sometimes, you have to just stand in silence and gaze in awe December 17, 2022
- An unpaved road and jawdropping vistas December 13, 2022
- My first Tip2Top cops! December 11, 2022
- Osorno versus Puerto Octay – no contest . . . December 8, 2022
- A little bit of Germany in Chile. . . December 6, 2022
- This is a test December 3, 2022
- Santiago April 5, 2020
- A journey through the Americas: Soldiers, flamingos, Andes (Irish Times Article) April 4, 2020
- Patricio Corcoran April 3, 2020
- Random encounters: the joy of travel March 31, 2020
- Heading south! March 29, 2020