
Cycling The Worlds Most Dangerous Road In Bolivia
5monthsoff, Bolivia, South America, travelI 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…

Hiking The Inca Trail To Machu Picchu
5monthsoff, Hiking, Peru, South America, travel
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…

Exploring Tayrona National Park & Cartagena With Intrepid Travel
5monthsoff, colombia, South America, travel
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…

Marvellous Medellin, El Peñól, and Guatapé In Colombia
5monthsoff, colombia, South America, travelMedellin has a troubled past. In the 90's Medellin was one of the most dangerous cities in the world, and even up to 10 years ago, it was riddled with crime, after trying to shake off the aftermath of the Escobar drug cartel.
As such, my…

A Quick Trip Round Bogota, Colombia
5monthsoff, colombia, South America, travel
I've only been travelling for 3 weeks, but it feels more like 3 months. This is my second day of doing nothing, so I thought it was about time to catch up on a few blog posts and share some pics and stories with you from the journey so far.
Let's…

Time For A Change, Time To Travel
5monthsoff, me, travel
The Short Version
I am very excited to let you know that after 8 fantastic years working for bigmouthmedia / LBi, I'm finally taking a break, picking up my backpack and going travelling for 5 months.
In October I'll travel round South…

A Load Of Old Blarney – Visiting Blarney Castle, Ireland
Europe, Ireland, travelOne of my New Year's resolutions this year was to visit more countries and cities that I've never been to. It seems odd that with all the work travel I do, that I've never been to Ireland.
A week previous to the Ireland trip, I was with a…

A Few Of My Favourite Places In The UK
Cornwall, Europe, Lake District, me, travel, UKBefore I had a jet-setting lifestyle, there was some pattern to places I used to visit around the UK. I was born, raised and schooled in Preston, so the Lake District was only an hours drive away. I've been going every year since I was one year…

Camera+ Meet New York. New York, Meet Camera+
travel, USAI was introduced to the Camera+ app back in November, a few weeks after getting my new iPhone 4S. Less than 2 months later I tweeted saying it's the best 69p you could spend on an app.
I was never really interested in photography with my…

Flight Seating Strategy
travelI do this. If you've flown easyJet or another airline that doesn't allocate seats, I bet you've done it too :)Image courtesy of The Oatmeal


