Its not surprising that Chile is known for having excellent fish since almost the entire country lies along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. At the market in Coquimbo you can find almost any kind of seafood and ceviche that you can imagine.
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In New York’s Central Park there is Strawberry Fields, a 2.5 acre section sitting directly across the street from the Dakota Buidling where John Lennon lived and was shot. Yoko Ono sponsored this section of the park as a memorial. The Imagine Monument lies in the middle.
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If you haven’t already please check out The Animals of Costa Rica Part 1!
In Montezuma there were multiple types of monkeys including the cara blanca (or white-faced) monkey. We also saw quite a few cool birds while hiking to the big waterfall including this guy:
This cara blanca (white faced) monkey is just relaxing in his tree.
In Manuel Antonio there were squirrel monkeys and sloths as well as some cheeky racoons. The squirrel monkeys came through in large playful groups jumping and climbing everywhere – it was quite fun to watch, but difficult to get pictures that weren’t too blurry!
This sloth mommy and baby were too cute…
And on the Caribbean Coast there were even more monkeys and sloths, but also some crazy hermit crabs and other insects including these beautiful spiders.
I think these howler monkeys were just as curious to see us as we were to see them.
The animals of Costa Rica are amazing wherever you go, so if you are every there keep your eyes open and who knows what you may see.
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Lee + KB
One of the many interesting paradoxes we ran into during our travels is that Panama hats are not from Panama, but from Ecuador. In Cuenca we saw quite a few Panama hat shops…
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We really loved travelling in Malaysia. It has amazing nature (diving, hiking, caves, beaches…), cities, and temples, but what we really remember and miss is the food! We tried a lot of different things – mainly street food, and were rarely disappointed. Here is a taste of some of the treats we tried in Kuala Lumpur.
These are Jackfruit (I believe, although I always get them confused with breadfruit) and in the market stall in the background she also has Durian, Dragonfruit, Lychee, Mango, Bananas as well as other fruit.
This duck came with rice, hot sauce, and a broth to put over the rice for more flavour – its not complicated, but the small touches make all of the difference!!
Fish on the barbecue wrapped in Banana leaves.
Sweets and Snacks
Traditional Indian Vegetarian Banana Leaf Meal.
This man made the most delicious peanut pancakes – I think I must have eaten 3 or 4 of them in the week we spent in KL!
Ice Cendol is another one of my favourite treats – shaved ice with coconut milk, palm sugar syrup, green and black grass jelly and red beans – plus we added a bit of durian onto this one.
Mee Mamak was one of KB’s favourite foods in Malayisa – in every town it was a little bit different, but the plate was always empty minutes after being delivered.
This spicy vegetarian noodle soup was amazing – for such basic ingredients it had so much flavour.
Stay tuned – our favourite foods from other cities are coming soon!
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I guess the name of the game is to be seen, and this driver in Kuala Lumpur decided to go very patriotic….
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Animals are everywhere in Costa Rica. It was amazing to us that despite all of the tourists and tourism infrastructure in Costa Rica that there are still so many animals. In some of the smaller or less visited places you can understand waking up to howler monkeys every morning, but in places like Manuel Antonio that get so many visitors every year, and where the park is surrounded by hotels and truly cheesy themed restaurants it is simply amazing.
In Samara the iguanas were huge and seemed to enjoy posing for pictures. You also woke up to the sound of the howler monkeys every morning, and had to keep an eye out for the crocodiles whenever you crossed shallow rivers.
In Monteverde the butterflies and birds were amazing. We even saw a Quetzal (although it was too high up for a good picture). There were also coatis and agutis. At night the insects, snakes and spiders came out as well as kinkajus.
To be continued…. in The Animals of Costa Rica Part 2.
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Lee + KB
This adorable little guy was being nursed back to health by a local living on the border of Manu National Park in South-East Peru.
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South of Quito in Ecuador there is a small crater lake called Quilotoa. There is a nice hiking trail around the crater and you can hike down into the crater (400 m in altitude) to the lake.
It is a very beautiful area, but it is a very difficult trip along the Quilotoa Loop to get there. It even seems that ‘Doing the Quilotoa Loop’ has become a thing to do just for the challenge, and it is challenging, but also well worth the trip. We arrived at Quilotoa with few problems, but the weather was miserable, so we decided not to stay extra days and to instead visit some of the smaller towns along the loop on our way back. Of course it is good that we wanted to do this as the transport options are so few that you don’t actually have a choice. We arrived in Zumbahua on Saturday morning with a few hours to kill before the only bus of the day returned to Latacunga and were lucky enough to find a lively market in full swing.
Food being cooked fresh at the market.
Women in the traditional dress selling onions at the market.
The animal section of the market. Many of these animals made the trip to their new home on either the roofs or under-carriages of buses.
llamas waiting to be sold.
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Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake in the world. It sits on the border between Peru and Bolivia and holds a deep significance to the Incan and Amayra people. One of the most important islands in the lake is Isla del Sol (or the Island of the Sun). It sits on the Bolivian side of the lake, and can be reached by ferry from Copacabana, Bolivia. We caught the ferry to the North side of the island and then walked across the island to catch the return ferry from the south side – on our walk we ran into this cutie…
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