Nothing makes you celebrate the majesty of the planet we live on quite like an immense sunset painted across the heavens. When travelling the world, you experience the most incredible sunsets you’ll ever see. From the flat plains of South America to the tropics of Southeast Asia, I’ve rounded up…
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Photo story: Magical Iguazu Falls
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 …
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I <3 Brazil (and Argentina and - to some extent - Paraguay)
My travels so far – as interesting as they have been – have been packed with trials and tribulations, from the uphill battle of the Inca Trail and a bumpy 4×4 ride across Bolivia’s Uyuni Salt Flats to the bugs, bats and Piranhas of the Pantanal Wetlands. This led my…
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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…
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There is no Diet Coke in Peru; or “Is Coke Zero okay?”
I flew into Lima last Sunday night with the bare feet of a sleeping gentleman – a Peruvian James May lookalike as it happens – resting gently in my lap. In a stroke of pure Englishness, my response to this unwelcome intimacy was to roll my eyes, tut silently in…
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