Welcome to probably the most mysterious place we have ever been to – truly in the middle of nowhere. In fact, Easter Island and Pitcairn fight over who is the farthest away from the next landmass. 3,512km from the coast of Chile, we fly in on a 5 hour flight from Santiago. Greeted by Paul, […]
Author: Anjali
Possibly truly the Earth’s cradle – and the sun’s. Isla del Sol.
I hope you had a chance to read up on the mythology behind this place (if not, check out the Copacabana post). Papa was super excited to visit the island of Isla del Sol (and once he set foot he didn’t want to leave!) On the morning of Sept 27th we took off on the […]
“Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl…” nah – no yellow feathers on this Copacabana (but a mythology crash course instead)
We marvelled at the nice things of Peru, but it was now time to move on to Bolivia. By car, at 4 in the morning, we left the ancient Incan capital city of Cusco (meaning in Quechua, the old Incan language “bellybutton” for it was the bellybutton of the old Incan empire) for the border […]
Stars, here we come!
Stargazing the Southern Hemisphere was one of the activities we just had to try, and so we did some in Cusco for the first time in the planetarium. The shuttle took us there and we all went in the planet room to analyse a projection on the ceiling. Julio, the fun astrophysicist leading our group, […]
Les P’tits Gastronomes in….Guatemala
During our nearly two weeks in Guatemala we’ve been spoiled with lots of fabulous meals. Antigua Samsara: Our first breakfast in Antigua: delicious!!! Quiltro: Mama and Papa took the 7 course tasting menu which included Shrimp, roasted pineapple, black corn and chorizo mayonnaise with fruit, Green wine marinated Mamón Chino, Zucchini with roasted watermelon […]
Mayans… as soon as I’ve found my binoculars!
It all started with a little bit of rain, wonderful guides, falling off kayaks, and lots of “Cruce de Fauna” (meaning careful! animals can be crossing the street. But not just any animals…) signs… When we landed in Flores and took the shuttle to the hotel, rented a kayak and rowed on the lake, we […]
Xocolatl: from monkeys falling off trees to the drink of the Gods…
Did you know that…. monkeys die from eating the cocoa bean? They just shake the fruit, then smash it, then suck on it. It tastes a bit like a squishy banana. cocoa is pollinated by a tiny, minuscule mosquito? the Mayans created the first chocolate drink, called “drink of the gods” cocoa first needs to […]
On the heels of the fabulous animals of Monteverde
We landed in San José in the afternoon of the 24th of July (or the night in Geneva). Arrived, the passport checker stamped the Costa Rican stamp🇨🇷 on our passports!!!The”real” trip had actually started😱!!! Then, knowing that life in San José was too noisy and not made for us, we moved on to Monteverde, where […]