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A scorpion bit me!

27 Jan 2013 7 Comments

by Mo in Family Gap Year, Safety Tags: Bolivia, Coroico, scorpion bite

While at Sol y Lunar in Coroico a girl was bitten by a scorpion. She told us it was pretty painful and she had pain and inflammation going up into her arm, so a day or two later when I pick up Lara’s coat that we’d left on the porch overnight and feel a sharp sting in my hand, I was fairly sure it was a scorpion again…

Sure enough, when I drop it on the floor the offending creature is sitting there smirking up at me!

Escape to Coroico

24 Jan 2013 3 Comments

by Mo in Family Gap Year, Travelling Tags: Coroico, la Paz, lake Titicaca

As reported by dearest Hubby, we have indeed split up, well just for a few days anyway! The more hardy family members staying in Copacabana to explore further whilst Lara, Erika (Martin’s mum) and I take a bus to La Paz from Lake Titicaca (involving a short lake crossing where the bus floats across on a dubious looking ferry (raft?)
The coach crossing Lake Titicaca on its ferry come raft

… passengers, thankfully take a small boat…then a cab across the city and a minivan straight on to Coroico, two and a half hours away and a massive 2500m drop in altitude!

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We are splitting up

22 Jan 2013 11 Comments

by Martin Clark in Family Gap Year, Tips Tags: Altitude sickness, Gap year

Mo and I have split up. After 6 months of travel where we have lived in each others pockets, usually shared a room and been 24/7/180 it has come time to go our separate ways. More

A Gap Year Christmas in Cusco

13 Jan 2013 3 Comments

by Mo in Family Gap Year, Foodie Central, Top Experiences, Volunteering Tags: Chocolatada, Cusco, Peru

Feliz Navidad from Cusco, Peru…. no, too late for that! In fact two days ago, 11th January 2013, was exactly 6 months since we started our Family Gap year adventure…even Feliz Ano Nuevo is belated! At least this blog post will bring us to the end of 2012 and to the New Year!

We arrived in Cusco on a flight from Lima on 19th December 2012 and settled in for a few days at the Amaru ll guest house, ready to celebrate Lara’s 5th birthday and enjoy the buzz of Christmas in Cusco. Here’s our Christmas Cusco diary……

Our Cusco Christmas 2012

My Chocolatey 5th Birthday in South America!

08 Jan 2013 3 Comments

by Lara in Family Gap Year, Foodie Central, Kids Stuff, Top Experiences Tags: Choco Museo, Cusco, Galápagos Islands

An interview with Lara….. Lara’s birthday is on 21st December – we started celebrating her birthday a couple of weeks early as having a party was an all important part of her travel plans for our family gap year so we decided to hold it in San Cristobal in the Galápagos where she’d made friends. When packing, the only significant thing on her list was party bags. Here’s how she recalls it when I attempt an interview for her birthday blog…..