Ayahuasca – 1 Year Later (plus Q&A)
Hard to believe my little corner of the blogosphere is a year old. What started as a convenient way to update the folks back home of my travel adventures in Central and South America, it has now grown legs of its own while my own two are now firmly fixed in the Emerald Isle again. […]
Spanish Salsa Boxing and the fight against Apathy
Since returning from 9 months in South America, I’ve found it difficult to slot into the Corporate citizen lifestyle again. Having spunked around €10k during my trip enjoying the delights and wonders without the need to be nailed to a desk or any contract of employment, it was always bound to be a tough adjustment. I […]
Backpacking in your 30s – Is it too late?
When I decided to quit a well paid job to travel around the world (again), I was met with some bemused looks from family and friends. “Sure, have you not got the travel bug out of your system yet?” “Why would you want to quit a perfectly good job, and have to start from scratch […]
Drunken Stories I’ll Never Tell
Ahead of my January detox, and to answer some critics about the efficacy of a month long cleansing I wanted to write a post about how ‘Moderation’ in the past while a nice idea in principle, rarely works for me. To illustrate this fact I could write a pain inducing, cringe worthy post about the […]
Ayahuasca – 7 months later
When I look back at my nine months solo backpacking around Central and South America, I’m still amazed at the scope of activities and countries I covered. The World Cup in Brazil, living with a Guatemala host family for 5 weeks, taking Spanish lessons, deep sea diving in Honduras, Christmas on a beach in Costa […]