Category: Travelling

Intag Valley

The Intag valley is a very remote mountainous part of northern Ecuador. It is famous for it’s coffee growing area. People here hitchhike or travel in large lorries to get from one place to another. 60% of its population are poor and face malnutrition. They subsist on farming the land and raising cattle. There has […]

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Otovalo

Otovalo has a colourful Saturday market in Plaza de Los Ponchos selling blankets, rugs, tapestries, scarves and foodstuffs like grains. At 5 am you can see the animal market and later in the day the vegetable and artefacts market. The market ladies dress in long black skirts, white embroidered blouses and wear multiple gold (coloured) […]

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Caravelas, Transcoso: Bahia, Brazil

Caravelas and Transcoso     Transcoso is chic resort with world famous beaches shaded by swaying palm trees. It is a 16th century little town with dainty little adobe cottages which were formerly fisherman’s cottages round a huge lawn with a simple church at the end made of whale bone and coral. The cottages are […]

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San Cristobal de Las Casas

    This is a beautiful small village in Chiapas in the very South of Mexico surrounded by mountains. It is a traditional town and has an amazing market where you can buy colourful Mexican handicrafts after some hard bargaining. There is a thriving tourist scene as the pretty cobbled streets, the picturesque properties and […]

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