It’s hot, hot, hot and very humid in Cayenne, which you might expect from the place that gave the pepper its name and is only 5 degrees from the equator. It also happens to be Leroy’s home town, which technically makes him a French national (despite not living here for the last 20 years) and […]
Here we are in humid north-eastern Brazil, a wind-driven landscape of sandy village streets, beautiful lagoons and massive dunes. A fisherman named João kindly gave us a ride from Jericoacoara down the Rio Preguiças (‘lazy river’) to where the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park begins. With my Portuguese at 0% and Leroy’s at not much more, […]
What can I say? We finally made it to Casapueblo after all these years of dreaming about it. Thirty-six years in the evolution, this amazing structure was designed and built by Uruguayan artist, Carlos Páez Vilaró, as a kind of homage to the mud nests of the local hornero birds. Unfortunately we didn’t make it […]
Leroy, dancing the tango, is a sight to behold. It’s not that he’s good exactly (he’s not good), but he’s somehow carrying it off. Even the Argentinians, the porteños, are watching on in appalled awe. As for me, after a steak and a glass of Malbec in this gorgeous old Buenos Aires club, well it’s […]
Llamas, ponchos, Machu Picchu and Lima’s burgeoning food culture. As with most places when you start to scratch the surface, a far more complex array of riches is revealed. It has certainly been an action-packed day so far. Peruvian coffee (grown organically, by necessity) and tamales in one of Lima’s cafes, then a flying visit […]
From one remote South Pacific island to another, even more remote – 3700 km off the Chilean mainland in fact. Everyone knows the iconic images of the Moai, the giant stone figures of Easter Island (Rapa Nui). What Leroy and I didn’t realise is that there are close to 900 statues dotted throughout the landscape, […]