Category: culture
#60 Tiana’s story: 18 months living a nomadic life
As our journey comes to an end, our emotions are all over the place. Reflection of a life-changing adventure and choice of life for 18 months. Excitement, intrigue and trepidation of what lies ahead. ... Read More
#59 André’s view: 18 months of a nomadic life
'Was this lifestyle ever going to be permanent? - I’m not sure any of us knew the answer to that. We just felt the urge to move, explore, educate and escape the suffocation of suburbia. One day at ... Read More
#58 Rico’s view: 18 months of life on the road
Rico’s story I have been travelling for 18 months now and it’s time for our journey to come to an end. During the entire journey we’ve … Been to 13 countries; Had 2,976,438 mosquito bites!... Read More
#57…The last stretch
Everyone has a breaking point, and looking at the calendar on the fridge to see we had 4 more weeks in Caño Negro, was ours. The living conditions were really testing; mosquitos, damp everywhere, two... Read More
#55 Costa Rica: Charlie’s Angels, and a lucky escape from a scorpion
A lucky escape from a scorpion, the kids in dog heaven, and a visit to and indigenous community... Read More
#54 Costa Rica – Back in the Heat
Up close an personal with a sloth, holding up a taxi driver, and a chance meeting with an old friend in the jungle... Read More
#53 A Swiss Surprise, and Strategising in Santiago
At 4am my cab arrived; it felt strange getting in on my own. No mad rush, head count or bag check, it was just me myself and I. In the airport I kept looking around, thinking I’d forgott... Read More
#51 Boliva – Women Wrestlers, Death Road and Tensions at the Border
Another bus journey – another country, and a city even higher this time. La Paz is the highest ‘administrative’ capital in the world, sitting at an impressive 3,600M. This is where our ‘so... Read More
#50 Peru: Machu Picchu
I felt sorry for the other couple that had paid for the Lares trek and had been paired up with us 4! We explained to the kids that the trek wasn’t cheap and this couple wouldn’t want to he... Read More
#49 Hopping in Peru: An Earthquake, Paddington Bear & Sand Dunes
To the left there was a vast expanse of arid land with huge sand dunes dotted about, to the right there was the Pacific ocean in all its raw splendour; no manicured beaches, no hotels, just a random s... Read More