The Mask Museum – it’s free!
Posted from Sucre, Chuquisaca, Bolivia. There are a few museums in and around Sucre, but the first I chose to visit was the mask museum which is right in the centre of town. A very small place...
View Article25 Mayo, Sucre – 202 years of South American independence
Posted from Sucre, Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Preparing to march It’s been mental here the last couple of days. Sucre is the epicentre for the independence movement in South America. It’s here that the...
View ArticleReal Deal Tours: Inside the mine’s of Cerro Rico, Potosi
Posted from Potosi, Potosi, Bolivia. [See image gallery at lukeawaynow.com] Having been in South America for nearly 6 months now I’ve met many people along the way who’ve been through Bolivia and one...
View ArticleCasa de la Moneda (the old royal mint) – Potosi
Posted from Potosi, Potosi, Bolivia. The giant face which greats you at the mint Billed as ‘the best museum in Bolivia’ by one of the guidebooks, Casa Real de la Moneda had a big reputation to live up...
View ArticleBolivia’s carnival… Gran Poder La Paz
Posted from La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia. [See image gallery at lukeawaynow.com] As my time in Sucre drew to a close I started to get wind of a huge carnival that would be happening in La Paz, this combined...
View ArticleCoca Museo, La Paz
Posted from La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia. The sign outside The Coca Museo came highly recommended by one of the guides at the Potosi mine tour, so I was excited to stumble across it in the touristy centre...
View ArticleFlying through Copacabana; Lago Titicaca, Isla del Sol and a dodgy Salteña
Posted from Copacabana, La Paz, Bolivia. [See image gallery at lukeawaynow.com] Lake Titicaca is apparently the ‘highest commercially navigable lake in the world’, as well as stealing the prize for the...
View ArticleCusco – the amazing city everyone forgets to mention…
Posted from Cuzco, Cusco, Peru. [See image gallery at lukeawaynow.com] Arriving in Cusco after a long, smelly bus ride from Copacabana I was blown away by how grand the city was. It’s much more...
View ArticleMachu Picchu on the cheap… another wonder off the list
Posted from Cusco, Peru. [See image gallery at lukeawaynow.com] Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, was one of the few places I knew for sure I wanted to visit before leaving the...
View ArticleI actually did the actual walking tour in actual Lima. Actually.
Posted from Lima, Lima, Peru. [See image gallery at lukeawaynow.com] I feel a little bad taking the piss a bit with this post – especially as this tour was actually free. But on the actual tour, it...
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