Heading south again—for a change

It isn’t often in this journey that we simply head south like we are supposed to. We tend to get distracted, make detours, head back north and hang around interesting places. We generally take our sweet time about actually heading towards Argentina. Making our way south from Álamos to Mazatlán was one of those few occasions […]

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Bogota Graffiti Tour

Christian and the group over at BOGOTA GRAFFITI led a 2.5 hour tour around the La Calendaria district, explaining the history of street art in Bogota and the unique position artists here have with it not being ‘technically’ illegal, but not&n…

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Street art from Valparaiso, Chile

Jus a sampling of the beautiful street art painted on all kinds of buildings in Valparaiso…incredible.

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Street Art in Valparaiso (Part 2)

Our final gallery of street art from Valparaíso in Chile. Some pieces are playful, some reminiscent of impressionist style, some of trompe-l’œil, and some are just plain fun motifs.
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On the road to Whistler

Not being fans of crummy weather, the advantage of living in a house with wheels is that you can relocate to drier climates as it takes your fancy. This is why we left Banff slightly sooner than initially planned, but we were delighted as we headed west to be greeted with clearer skies. It was, […]

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Street Art in Valparaiso (Part 1)

Our first gallery of street art from Valparaíso in Chile. Some close up photography, some photos which show the colourful street art in their urban context.
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Street Art in Santiago de Chile (Part 3)

Our third and final gallery of street art in Santiago de Chile: many colourful artistic pieces from all over town. Some are obviously commissioned art.
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Street Art and Graffiti in Santiago de Chile (Part 1)

Our first gallery showing colourful street art, full wall paintings, and illegal graffiti in Santiago de Chile. You can find an amazing variety of styles, and after a while you learn to recognise individual artists.
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Merida, Venezuela

Merida is one of the few towns I’ve heard of in Venezuela that has a number of hotels and things for visitors to do. I don’t think Venezuela is tourism-oriented, so I really don’t know what to expect. At least… Read More ›

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Melbourne in pictures

Some cheap airfares made it possible to take a pre-trip trip to Australia to catch up with friends and family and to have a bit of a break from work. The first week of our trip was spent exploring Melbourne with our good friend Phillipa as our tour guide. We spent some of our time […]

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St Petersburg – The Urban Side – Photos

I’m now back in the UK. Again. It’s wonderful with the warm sun and green fields, leafy trees and chirping birds. What a contrast to Magadan in the Russian Far East. And the girl in me is rather enjoying having a choice of clothes to put on in the morning, conditioner as well as shampoo [...]

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10/24/2013 – 112 days/11604 miles

While walking around Bratislava one night, I found an area filled with graffiti/streetart/vandalism/whateveryouwannacallit. Lots of it was pointless scribbling of names or words, but there was also quite a bit of stuff that was worth looking at.       … Continue reading →

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Why We Love Buenos Aires

Aahh, Buenos Aires. The city of good air. We often say in our posts about cities that we are not huge fans of cities, but then go on to list all the reasons why we liked that particular city. For this post, I’m going to skip that opening. The truth is I’ve realized that sometimes [...]
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