Chilling in Chile

• Boat ride on Lake Nicaragua 8 years ago This blogpost is especially for Natasja (who claims that she’s stalking us all the way from Stellenbosch), Selma (my architect friend in Johannesburg) and my mom in Pretoria. Thanks for reading and keeping me motivated to write about our adventures! Do you like my Nicaragua shirt? These shirts...
• The churches in Granada, Nicaragua 8 years ago Granada is a beautiful colonial city in Nicaragua. We went up to the belltower of the Iglesia (church) de la Merced. From there we could see all the clay tiles of the city. The beautiful Metropolitan Cathedral is behind Dirk. In the streets below us were many horse-drawn coaches taking tourists on...
• Enjoying Panama City 8 years ago Today I walked around in Panama City. There are residential areas in between sky scrapers and busy roads. I saw many buildings under construction. Panama City is known as the Dubai of Latin America. There are many interesting buildings. I walked to the Carmen church: What a beautiful building in...
• The cenote in Valladolid, Mexico 8 years ago The night before we went to the majestic Chichen Itza ruins, we slept at Valladolid in a scruffy budget hotel. Valladolid itself is a small and charming colonial town. After we visited the Chichen Itza ruins, we took the bus back to Valladolid and spent a few hours walking around the town. The...
• The Monte Alban Zapotec ruins in Mexico 8 years ago The third city where we spent some time in Mexico was Oaxaca, in the state of Oaxaca. After a bumpy overnight bus we checked into a hostel, slept for a few hours and then decided to do some sight seeing. The picture above is the view of Monte Alban from the North platform overlooking the […]

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