Guatemala: The incredible IRTRA Xetulul theme park and Xocomil water park
Outside of Guatemala, or perhaps Central America, it is likely that few will have heard of IRTRA and its parks. We are talking here about Xocomil (the water park) and Xetulul (the theme park), next door to each other on…
Homeschool – start of summer term
It’s hard to believe we are already two thirds of the way through our Worldschool adventure as we embark on summer term at Newton School. There are definitely things the kids miss about real school, particularly their friends, organised sport…
Exploring the cloud forests of the Peruvian Chachapoya people
The land of the Chachapoya people lies in north western Peru, some 200 kilometres from the border with Ecuador and a similar distance from the Pacific coast. It is here that the far western approaches of the Amazon rainforest meet…
On top of the world in La Paz
We didn’t know what to expect when we landed in La Paz from Uyuni, one hours flying time to the South, only that it would be a lot busier than our time out in the salt flats in the south…
At the Copa, Copacabana!
No, not the Copacabana that Barry Manilow famously serenaded – this is the original Copacabana in Bolivia on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Copacabana beach in Brazil was named after the Bolivian original following the tale of a group Brazilian…
Adventuring Together
