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…
South of Peru
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again; there isn’t really anything solo about solo travel. Yes, you are on your own and if you don’t do it, no one else will, but there are rarely any times when you don’t have a travel…
Pampas Review
So I have been a little MIA lately, but there has been a good reason for it, I’ve been flat-out busy travelling! It’s not all fun and games when you’re on the road! Hopefully this is the start of catching up and filling you in…
Biking Death Road
With thanks to Freak Out Biking and Travel Store Bolivia, I was able to take on Camino de la Muerte or Death Road from La Paz, Bolivia. I’ve ridden Death Road before when I was in the Bolivian capital about eight months ago, but this…
One Month Vegetarian
I like challenges. It keeps things interesting and is a bit of a competition with myself. Usually they’re related to living healthier, like the time I didn’t drink any alcohol for seven weeks following my ankle reconstruction or when I didn’t have McDonald’s for eight months….
Holiday at Home
When I first embarked on my trip, I never thought that I would have needed a holiday; I was going to be on a permanent holiday! But, I had read about people becoming tired from travelling too fast and from just being on the road…
Egypt Review
When I was younger, one of the more memorable lines I said was in response to the ‘what is your favourite subject at school?’ question. With gusto I would reply ‘recess and lunch time’. I enjoyed school, but I much preferred playing with my mates…
Morocco Review
Africa was the final frontier, so to speak. I’d visited six out of a possible seven continents before reaching terra firma in Africa and after finding some relatively cheap flights from Switzerland; I completed my grand slam of continents. Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca Morocco was…
Iceland Review
Before booking my trip to Iceland, the only thing I really knew about it was that it had a huge volcanic eruption back in 2010 and what I had seen in the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I also knew that they had…
Hunting the Northern Lights
My mom recently sent me an article from The West Australian, a newspaper from home, that stated seeing the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis was in the top three things that Australians wanted to experience in their lifetime. It hadn’t always been numero uno on…
One year on the road…
Wow. What a year it’s been. On 19 November 2013, I said goodbye to my family, friends and the comforts of home and being in familiar surroundings for a life on the road, accompanied by only what I could fit in my backpack. I’m now…