Happy New Year and all that jazz

Happy New Year and all that jazz

As the clock struck midnight last New Year’s Eve I was on a rooftop in Buenos Aires, surrounded by new friends I’d met at the…

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It Could Only Happen To Me - Being abandoned during an earthquake in my first week in Peru

It Could Only Happen To Me – Being abandoned during an earthquake in my first week in Peru

When the table first started to shake at my hostel in Huacachina it took a second for me to process what was going on. At…

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It Could Only Happen To Me - Getting thrown off a horse on my first riding trip in Bolivia

It Could Only Happen To Me – Getting thrown off a horse on my first riding trip in Bolivia

When I signed up for a horse riding trip in Tupiza I’d had a romantic vision of being carried leisurely through countryside which wouldn’t look…

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It Could Only Happen To Me - Getting caught up in a rock fight in Bolivia

It Could Only Happen To Me – Getting caught up in a rock fight in Bolivia

When you’re travelling long-term it’s inevitable that you’re going to have a few bumps and scrapes, along the way. Plans don’t always run smoothly, things…

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#28 Write yourself a postcard from every country you visit on your trip (suggestion from Ruth)

#28 Write yourself a postcard from every country you visit on your trip (suggestion from Ruth)

I love this suggestion from my friend Ruth. When you’re on the road for a long time you have the tendency to forget about the…

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Moving on from South America...

Moving on from South America…

So the South American part of my adventure has come to an end. On one hand it feels like a lifetime ago that I was…

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#8 Trek in the amazing Torres del Paine

#8 Trek in the amazing Torres del Paine

“There are going to be times when the wind blows so hard you are going to have to lie down so you don´t get blown…

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#7 Climb a volcano

#7 Climb a volcano

It`s easy enough to write down ´climb a volcano´on a list when you`re sat on your cosy warm sofa. But it was as I was putting…

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D is for Dolavon - en route to Gaiman (Continuing with the alphabet challenge)

D is for Dolavon – en route to Gaiman (Continuing with the alphabet challenge)

Hmm…how did we end up here? We were on our way to a Welsh teahouse and I was excited. (Why wouldn´t I be? I´m half…

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Time for tea

Time for tea

As a self-confessed tea addict I am absolutely fascinated by the tea situation in Argentina. Now I’m all for travelling with tea – teabags being one…

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