I’ve written in the past about how I love long, uncomfortable bus journeys, and I do. The problem is, I’m not really a traveller any more – I have a business to run, deadlines for articles, pets to take care of. I have responsibilities. Time has suddenly become something important to me. And so I [...]

I recently stumbled upon the excellent Two Go Round-the-World blog from Canadians Kathryn and Daniel. They recently wrote a post on the power of music to bring back those incredible travel moments, and it got me thinking about the songs that transport me.  So here are five highlights of six years of musical travel memories; [...]

If anybody had told me, starting my five-month Latin America trip (six-and-a-half months ago) I would have failed to make it home on time, that wouldn’t have surprised me in the least.  My family and close friends were also less than shocked by the news that I was staying in Peru. If that person had [...]

I have finally done it – for the first time since I went to Pisac I have been on a daytrip outside of Cusco. Can you believe it? In my own defence I was rather busy, between Spanish classes and working two shifts a day in Pariwana, and spending my Sundays off far too hungover [...]

So I’m about to get all introspective on your arses. A number of forces have been directing my attention inwards these last few weeks: some intriguing reading, the attempt to explain to one of my co-workers why, exactly, I’m capable of cancelling my flight home and remaining here in Peru indefinitely without a twinge of [...]

Given that I’m a travel addict and do quite a lot of it, I’m hideously bad at actually planning my trips. Not a great decision maker, me – I tend to make route decisions on a whim. Marseille because I had a sudden hankering for bouillabaisse, Livingston based on the unconfirmed rumour of a Garifuna [...]

Up until (bless great luck) the day before the Australia Day BBQ, we suffered through practically incessant rain for around a week and a half. Not all that surprising, given that we are in the wet season, but apparently normally there are at least patches of sunshine. Living in a nice strong hostel in the [...]

Despite the certainty with which I concluded the last blog post, I have in fact decided to defer for twelve months. So here I am, working for free in a hostel in Cusco, very little money left, a flight ticket to cancel and yet another glorious year of (semi)-freedom before I need to contemplate once [...]

Hostel living. It’s one thing to be here three nights, there one or two, constantly on the move, but I’d almost forgotten what it’s like to live and work in a backpackers. A completely different animal. Right now I guess I’m out of sorts anyway, still a little sick, working some ridiculous hours (4 hours [...]