Covering an area of over 8000 square km across the countries of Bolivia and Peru, lies Lake Titicaca. At 3800 meters above sea level, it is the world's highest navigable lake. And by 'navigable', I mean only big commercial boats - there are actually other bodies of water that are situated higher than Titicaca but none large enough for big boats to access. 60% of the lake lies on the Peruvian side of the border while the rest lies on the Bolivian si...

It felt like we just got back from an expedition to a different planet. And for a number of reasons. For one, the landscape we traversed was so harsh and desolate that very few people live there. Heck, very few animals could survive here. And secondly, the view of the landscape was so bizarre that you'd have to pinch yourself to check that you're still standing on Earth looking at these sights with your own eyes.Below is the account of our 4-day journ...

The next few days after leaving the Pantanal went by in a bit of a blur for us. We were moving from city to city with the over-arching objective of reaching the town of Tupiza, Bolivia by the morning of 2nd of August. How difficult is it to get around these days with modern technology and the internet? You're right - but we would still learn that Bolivia is one of the most difficult countries to travel into and within for the following reasons:1) There is ...

I've always been fascinated by the jungle. As a kid, I went on many camping trips, sometimes with the boy scouts, sometimes with a small group of friends. But always secretly hoping to see wild animals. Sometimes I would get "lucky" and come across a wild boar here, a monitor lizard there. But spending the last 4 days in the Pantanal - the world's largest region of marshlands, alive with all kinds of animals - is like combining all those camping trips...

But before I get to that, let me give a brief description of Bonito - the town where we spent 2 nights en route to the Pantanal. It was not in the original plan to stop by this sleepy town (not like we had a real plan...), but as we could only start our Pantanal experience a little later, it was suggested for us to spend a couple of days in Bonito.It's a small town somewhere in the middle of Brazil - as far as you can get from the coast where we had spent ou...