San Ignacio Oasis

Just a little bit of apprehension driving today on the same stretch of pavement where we had our little accident. Narrow lanes, big trucks, and not much in the way of a shoulder. We pulled into San Ignacio to find exactly what you might have found 100 years ago. Nothing seems to change here. Big […]

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Water, water everywhere

Buenos Aires, Argentina [by Paula] We Brits are sticklers for punctuality. So it seemed a trifle rude to turn up to our friends’ house in Buenos Aires, more than a year late. “Sorry about that,” we said. “Hope the dinner’s not ruined.” We’d last seen Karen and Gustavo at a trade union conference in Costa […]

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On a mission

Salta, Argentina [by Paula] Given how unbelievably sweaty, dusty and thirsty we were, it was hard to imagine how it must have been for the 17th-century Jesuit priests who had to trek here from Paraguay. I mean, I don’t think they even had ice cream shops then. The majority of our associations with Bolivia are […]

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San Ignacio, Belize

From the very first day, I was really intrigued by Belize. It was strange to come from months in Mexico and speaking Spanish to crossing an imaginary line on the land and now speak English. The bathrooms now were clean… Read More ›

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San Ignacio, Belize

From the very first day, I was really intrigued by Belize. It was strange to come from months in Mexico and speaking Spanish to crossing an imaginary line on the land and now speak English. The bathrooms now were clean… Read More ›

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