I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when
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Let Travel Put Some Colour Into Your Winter
Winter is Coming. Are you feeling it yet? That dull feeling that creeps into your soul as the days get shorter and darker. That heaviness in your spirit as the sky gets heavier and the
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Perfect Peaks. A #FriFotos Photo Essay
While looking through my photographs in order to participate in this week's #FriFotos, which has the theme of 'Peaks', I realised something. I have not spent nearly enough time in the mountains. I love mountains,
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SPACE Star-Gazing Tours in the Atacama Desert
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars” J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ The Atacama Desert in the north of Chile is the world’s driest desert. Some parts of the desert have never
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Hostel Cooking: Chicken Skewers and Garlic Potatoes
One of the most appealing things about travelling is the chance to try new food, eat in a different restaurant every night, and never have to do any washing-up, and for a few weeks it's
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Why I Love Santiago
When originally planning our trip through South America we thought of Chile only as a vehicle from which to pass from Argentina to Bolivia. Other than Valparaiso, we didn’t really have any plans to stay
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Valparaiso – Queen of all the World’s Coasts
The coastal city of Valparaiso has to be South America's most unique and fascinating city. Row upon row of brightly-coloured, ramshackle houses cling precariously to near-vertical cliffs, forever looking as if one shake of an earthquake
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The Street Art of Barrio BellaVista, Santiago
The most striking thing about South American cities is the use of the bright paint and exciting street art that adorns delapidated buildings, shacks and street corners, transforming an otherwise dull city into a vibrant
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