This is one of those extra special places for which it is difficult to describe its beauty and magnificence in words. We'd seen pictures, we'd heard stories, but there was just something extra to be said for standing on top of this world heritage site and seeing it for ourselves. The way the morning mist and afternoon sun danced around the remaining ruins of this impossible ancient Inca city built upon an impossible landscape are better shown in pictures than s...

It only took a few days in Lima to realise these next few months in South America are going to be amazing. We are overwhelmed with how friendly, open and hassle free the Peruvians are, particularly for a capital city! After familiarising ourselves with a few practicalities and necesaria espaṅol we are now on an overnight bus to Cusco and the heart of Peru. By now we're pretty good at getting by in countries where English isn't the first language, but we we...

It's a new year, it's a new day and we're finally about to leave this amazing continent to explore some of South America before we go home to Australia. Having a bed to crash on at Emily and Matts place in Calgary for the last couple of weeks made it much easier to sort through our mountain of stuff and sell the car, and we were still close enough to visit a few mates in Banff! Even with the comfort of family and familiar territory, we only just got everything ...

We've just crossed the border back into Canada! The guard barely gave us a second glance - much smoother than the US customs! The road signs say 100 miles per hour... WHAT? No, that's 100 km per hour. Good old familiar territory! And the weather isn't even that bad. Not compared to the insane winds and blizzards we drove through in Montana and Wyoming over the last week! After days of driving through the great plains of Kansas and Missouri, our first stop in...

After a few long, tired days of driving and interstate rest stops, we are finally slowing down as we approach the grand Rocky Mountains of Colorado! We definitely expected to see more snow here, but apparently it's been unusually warm for this time of year. It's been great weather for driving actually, despite the brief snow scare on the way north to St Louis from Memphis. We drove north to the city of St Louis in Missouri for one reason - to watch an Americ...