We headed to Uyuni, ready and excited for what we hoped would be one of the best sights of our whole trip. Uyuni was a funny little town, there’s not much there although it does have some good food and beer places! It was just used as a stopover for Read more
The Quilotoa Loop was something we had been really looking forward to since our planning days back in the UK; a 3-day hike ending at an active volcano crater. It looked stunning, and in real life it didn’t disappoint. We arrived in Latacunga (the base for this hike) from Quito. Read more
We arrived in Puerto Madryn after another long, long bus journey from Puerto Natales. This included a 7 hour layover in the tiniest, greyest town we’ve been in so far; Rio Gallegos. There seems to be lots of buses leaving from this tiny town and teeny bus station, so thankfully we Read more
Argentina… Polo, steak and WINE! We chose to visit the wineries in Maipu, just outside of Mendoza and, although we weren’t sure how strict South American rules are with regard to drink driving it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry, so we went on bikes. Not my most Read more
Before visiting Chang Mai, I did a lot of research on which the ethical and decent elephant sanctuaries were. My main concern was not paying to visit an elephant park which was mistreating elephants behind the scenes and therefore funding their misery. There are the main contenders such as ‘Elephant Read more
We try to organise everything independently when travelling but ultimately, when the cheaper option is an organised tour, we go with it! Therefore, we booked a trip to the Cu Chi tunnels where we were staying, at Pioneer Hostel in HCMC. At 8am our hotel owner walked us down to Read more
I am a keen runner at home and frequently enter races so I was on the look-out for something in South America which worked out with our travel plans. We found an event in Lima. It was advertised as Lima 42k, but it also had a 21k and a 10k Read more
We had already read about Colombia’s love of Tejo (less of a drinking game as such, but a game that goes hand in hand with drink), so when we saw a bar advertising ‘gunpowder and beer’ we just had to go in. It was actually quite daunting, but that was Read more
We came to Salento from Medellin; seven hours in a decent mini-bus. When we arrived in Salento’s main square on Saturday evening it was so cute. This is coffee region, and where Colombians come for weekend breaks. It’s very picturesque, and there are even more poncho and cowboy hat wearing Read more
When we were planning our Vietnam trip I looked at accommodation in Ha Long Bay and my eyes nearly popped out of my head! Even the cheapest room was more expensive than our entire daily budget. I knew we could go to Hanoi and take day(s) trips from there but Read more