14 Countries, 14 Months defined in 14 Photos – A Snapshot of Central and South America
CUMULATIVELY, I’VE SPENT fourteen months in Central and South America. Sifting through some old photos since 2013, I got a little bit nostalgic. I’m still in Colombia (Medellin) so it’s not all doom and gloom! I felt it would be nice idea to share only one (!) photo, a memorable moment in each country in […]
Bungee Jumping in Lake Taupo, New Zealand
ALTHOUGH I’M TERRIFIED of heights, I’ve got a big mouth. That mouth sometimes gets me into awkward spots. When I went to New Zealand to visit my brother in 2013, I promised friends and family that I would do a bungee jump, something big bro reminded me of daily while I was there.
Spanglish – An Eejit Abroad
IT’S VERY EASY to stay within your comfort zone in foreign countries. Especially when you can speak enough of the language to get around. I’m half way through my Colombia adventure, a third trip in two years. My first time on these shores was a backpacking trip through Central and South America. I fell in love with […]
The Joy of Solo Travel
I’VE BEEN BLESSED to have spent a combined total of three years in the last decade backpacking and travelling through 25 countries across 4 continents. My first foray abroad without parents was as a painfully shy teenager at the tender age of 17 to the Balearic island of Ibiza in the late ’90s. My buddy […]
Stargazing in Chile
When I backpacked around South America almost two years ago, other well travelled gringos would wax lyrical about the valleys and mountains of Chile, with an enviable landscape that had to be seen to be believed. I was always a little dubious at such claims given that those who usually said them were virgin backpackers […]