Robert Mitson·Jun 13, 2015Brazil!So at the time of writing I’m sitting in Casablanca airport awaiting my flight to London. After any trip I always end up with this sort of…
Robert Mitson·Jun 8, 2015Quito, Lima and the ParasitesI arrived in Quito from Cusco, following three flights. The first two were passed without anything worth commenting on. Guayaquil airport…
Robert Mitson·Jun 3, 2015Trains, planes and… Hangovers: Cusco and Machu PicchuAs I write this, I’m midway through a day of three flights. Cusco to Lima, Lima to Guayaquil, Guayaquil to Quito. Having left Cusco at 6am…
Robert Mitson·May 31, 2015Cold Showers: Salar de Uyuni and The AndesSo a lot has happened since I last wrote, and there has been a obscene lack of decent wifi, so apologies to my avid subscribership for the…
Robert Mitson·May 26, 2015Breath-taking La Paz (whadda punny guy, though)As I write this I’m sitting at La Paz El Alto airport waiting for my 6am flight to Uyuni. Check-in doesn’t open until 5am (4am at the…
Robert Mitson·May 23, 2015Graveyards and liquorSo Argentinians are crazy. Here people don’t go out for the night until 2am and stay out until around 8. With the time difference, and my…
Robert Mitson·May 21, 2015Buenos dias, Buenos AiresUpon landing in Buenos Aires, you’re greeted by a beautiful airport terminal – all post-modern lines and glass and steel. Well…
Robert Mitson·May 20, 2015And we’re off! (Or, more correctly, ‘I’m off!’)Over the coming weeks I will be backpacking alone through some of South America; as my friends all know, I try to do this kind of thing as…
