Christmas Holidays
Christmas of 2009 has forever changed me. I was in Washington D.C. and having my first white Christmas in the midst of a North American blizzard. The blizzard brought record-breaking snowfall totals to many East Coast cities, including D.C. where I was holed up with…
Diving Utila
Being a qualified scuba diver was something that has always been on my bucket list, but actually attaining it was something that I thought I’d do a bit further down the track, when my funds were flush again. How wrong I was! Handstands 18m under…
Oaxaca Review
After a month in Cuba, it was a welcome relief to be back in Mexico and have the ability to eat some proper food! Cuba was easily the hardest place to be a vegetarian that I have visited so far and eating fresh fruit and…
Cold on Cuba
Cuba used to be my second favorite country in the world, but after spending a month on the Caribbean isle, it has plummeted down the list. As mentioned here, I would previously answer the dreaded “which is your favorite country?” question with Antarctica, followed closely…
Havana Review
“Where is your favourite place in the world?” I often get asked this question and find it increasingly difficult to answer because there are so many places I hold dear to my heart, and have very fond memories of. Ultimately, I choose the two places…
Two years on the road…
On the 19th day of every month I like to give myself a little pat on the back because its my travelversary; the anniversary of the first time I left home and means I have spent another month on the road. Today is that little…
Family First
When you travel for a long period of time, you inevitably miss out on celebrating events and milestones with family and friends. It’s a bit of an opportunity-cost situation where you get to see the world, but you miss out on being there for a…
USA Travel Update
After leaving Colombia, and South America for the second time on this round-the-world trip, I again headed for the United States, but the west coast on this occasion. Victoria and I were headed for Los Angeles and to the wedding of one of her friends,…
Colombia Review
The further north I went in South America the more talk I heard about Colombia. Nobody had a bad word to say about the country that has a reputation for being extremely dangerous and fuelled by cocaine. To be honest, I didn’t know too much…
Baños Review
Baños is a small town renowned as the adventure capital of Ecuador and a must-see on the so-called Gringo Trail in South America. It was my fourth stop in Ecuador and after taking a watchful bus ride from Quito (the Quito-Baños route is the most…
Seeing The Pope
In travel you can be unlucky, like the times people have attempted to mug and rob me this trip, but thankfully nothing was taken and my health was left intact. But, and more often than not, you can be lucky. Things always seem to have…
Galápagos Islands Review
Despite spending more than seven months in South America last year, I returned in February this year for three reasons. One was to continue to work on my Spanish, which is now at a pretty good level; one was to travel with Victoria, and we’ve…