Iguazu Falls – or Iguassu Falls, depending on where you’re from – sits on the Brazilian-Argentine border By crossing the border, visitors can view the falls from both countries – and it’s worth doing! From the Brazilian side of the falls, you are treated to spectacular panoramas …
Read More
North of the Nam: “Where you from?”
Vietnam was the country I’d been most excited about travelling through. I was to spend six weeks travelling from north to south, starting in Hanoi and ending in Ho Chi Minh City. With hindsight I can tell you that the country provided a lot of the best experiences of my…
Read More
The Thai-lands, a delicious slice of Pai and #KhaoSanProblems
It took me almost three days to get from Rio de Janeiro to Bangkok – I left my Copacobana Beachfront apartment at 10am on Saturday after a night of partying under the arches in Lapa, and VOILA after three flights (Rio>Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo>Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi>Bangkok) and an eight-hour…
Read More
The Pantanal Wetlands: Becoming one with nature, or; “Guys, there’s a toad in the pasta”
“Scary” “Horrific” “Mortifying” “Gruesome” “Cool” These were just some of the words my fellow travellers came up with to describe our adventure into the Pantanal Wetlands. “But”, you may ask, “what sort of adventure could throw up such a variety of impassioned adjectives?” Surely not this beautiful place below! Let…
Read More
Gringos in Bolivia: Salt, silver and selfies
La Paz is like no city I have ever seen before and I knew this from the moment our bus hit its outskirts. Chaotic, dangerous and incredibly scenic, its valleys brim with red-bricked houses which spill out over its hills and up its mountains and glaciers, while tiny tin slums…
Read More
The Inca Trail: “It’s good to have goals” (Kill the cow)
Ancient Inca proverb: “Just as you think you have climbed all the stairs, there will be more stairs” – NB that’s not a real Inca proverb – but it should be A couple of days before I was due to begin the treacherous Inca Trail up to Machu Picchu, I…
Read More