Before I left the UK, I was always managing expectations. In work, in relationships, in most things I did. But when it came to travelling, I tried to erase any expectations about countries, people, culture, scenery and everything else my mind would devour. I’d been in Australia for 2 weeks when I hopped off the […]
What an amazing 5 months. When I landed back into the familiarity of London Heathrow I felt elated, deflated, excited and a little sad. I visited some amazing places, saw some of the most stunning scenery in the world, and now have a huge sense of fulfilment. But a lot of those experiences were made complete […]
I love tea. The British Empire was built on tea. Give me English breakfast tea, milk and one sugar, and I’m happy. After hiking Snowdon a few year ago, I even discovered a cafe in Llanberis that serves pints of English breakfast tea. I’ve never been one for fruit teas, or green tea, or any […]
First things first. Fraser Island, located off the Queensland coast in Australia, is the largest sand island in the world. “See that steep fall down to your left? And the steep hill to your right? Yeah…we’re essentially driving on the side of a sand dune“. This was the voice of Tony, our tour guide from […]
“A man goes to the doctors complaining that he keeps shitting a strawberry every day. ‘Don’t worry’, the doctor says, ‘we’ve got cream for that!’“. I was on a bus journey between Port Douglas and Cairns in Australia, and the other passengers and myself were around 34 minutes into the bus drivers set of dad […]
Many people told me that if you speak fluent Spanish, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem understanding Portuguese. Herein lies two problems. First, I don’t speak fluent Spanish. Secondly, I didn’t realise how very different the two languages are in a written sense. So there I was, in Foz do Iguaçu bus station, […]
Just like last year, I’ve compiled a collection of my favourite memories, places and events that made 2012 such an amazing year. I started writing this blog post back in January….think of it as a diary of sorts…and as 2012 comes to a close, it helps me look back on some great times, in some great places, […]
I was travelling with a Dutch girl across the Peru / Bolivia border when we first started talking about things to do in Bolivia. We opened her travel book and started reading about La Paz. “Are you going to cycle down the worlds most dangerous road?”, she asked, as I was mid-chew of a Sublime […]
I remember first hearing about Machu Picchu in geography class at high school. I must have been 13 or 14 at the time, and I remember thinking how amazing it would be to visit such a place, to visit one of the New7Wonders of the world. Fast forward 17 years, and I had booked to go […]
Before I left the UK, everyone I spoke to that had previously visited Colombia raved about Cartagena. Looking through pictures before I left, it did look stunning, so I made sure I had a couple of days to spare at the end of my Intrepid ‘Experience Colombia’ trip to explore the colourful city more. But […]
