south america Archives - Runaway Brit

5 Must-Sees: Argentina

February 9, 2013March 7, 2013 Nature, South America, Travelling 5 must-sees, argentina, buenos aires, casa rosada, colonia del sacramento, el calfate, eva peron, glacier, iguazu falls, la boca, magellan penguin, malbec, mendoza, peninsula valdes, perito moreno, puerto madryn, recoleta, south america

Argentina is a vast and diverse country where you can experience mountainous grandeur, tropical jungles, spectacular waterfalls and cosmopolitan cities. But the sprawling expanse of Argentina is difficult to cover without plenty of time on

Perfect Peaks. A #FriFotos Photo Essay

November 28, 2012November 30, 2013 Asia, Nature, Photography, South America, Travelling, Vietnam andes, bolivia, chile, colombia, Frifotos, hong kong, la paz, machu picchu, mountain, mui ne, parque tayrona, peaks, peru, photo essay, photos, playa del duque, sapa, south america, teide, tenerife, the peak, vietnam, wales, wayna picchu

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,

Five Amazing Argentinian Foods

August 26, 2012October 20, 2012 Food and Drink, South America, Travelling alfajores, argentina, bife de chorizo, chimichurri, dulce de leche, empanadas, flan, food, south america, steak

In my last post I made the shocking confession that I prefer South American food over South East Asian food. Many people can’t understand why the thought of Pad Thai or Pho sends me into

Traveller Debate: South America or South East Asia?

August 18, 2012September 13, 2014 Asia, Food and Drink, Literature, Nature, Partying, South America, Travelling beaches, cities, culture, debate, food, history, landscape, safety, south america, south east asia, travel

South America and South East Asia are both very popular tourist destinations, but unless you are on a RTW trip you are probably going to have to choose one region or the other. Having spent

Criminal Gangs in Colombia and the Implications for Travellers

August 12, 2012October 20, 2012 South America, Travelling advice, colombia, criminal gangs, safety, santa marta, south america, tips, travel, urabenos

Walking down the streets of Santa Marta one thing became eerily apparent: the streets were deserted. Secure metal barriers barred access to the seafront shops, supermarkets, liquor stores and restaurants. Door after door displayed an

I Didn’t Get Robbed in South America

April 16, 2012July 7, 2012 South America, Travelling advice, safety, south america, travel tips

This post is based on my experience of travelling in South America where I visited Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. I travelled around South America for five months and I did not get

Five Mistakes I Made in South America (And How To Avoid Them)

March 20, 2012July 7, 2012 South America, Travelling advice, learning, mistakes, south america, tips, travel

Recently I posted Five Things I Did Right in South America to highlight my best decisions during my travels. In this post I intend to highlight some of the things that I didn’t know before

On TV at the Cusco Choco Museo

March 9, 2012April 13, 2012 Food and Drink, Nature, South America, Travelling cacao, chocolate, chocomuseum, cusco, factory, museum, peru, plantation, south america

According to this article in TIME, Peruvian plantations are "...working to identify Peru with chocolate, the way Colombia is identified with coffee", to the extent that many of the coca plantations, for so long associated

Five Things I Did RIGHT In South America

February 18, 2012April 13, 2012 Blogging, South America, Travelling advice, south america, tips, travel, travel advice

As my journey around South America is now over I can reflect on some of the good choices that I made in order to ensure that my trip was successful and enjoyable. There is much

Three Days in Paradise: Sailing the San Blas

January 31, 2012April 13, 2012 Beaches, Partying, South America, Travelling colombia, colombia to panama crossings, kuna, kuna yala, panama, sailing, san blas, sea travel, south america, south america to central america, stahlratte, stahlratte von bremen, travel

You have been travelling around South America and you want to get to Central or North America but the Darien Gap makes land travel impossible. You could fly: the quick and efficient method. Or you

Why You Should Visit Cartagena

January 21, 2012February 17, 2012 South America, Travelling cartagena, colombia, colombia to panama crossings, colonial city, getsemani, portal de los dulces, romancing the stone, south america

If you have been following my journey through South America on Facebook or Twitter then you will already know that I am in love with Colombia, a country that only had a place on our

Santa Marta. The Beach: So Near, Yet So Far!

January 11, 2012January 22, 2012 Beaches, Food and Drink, Nature, South America, Travelling beaches, bus travel, coast, colombia, restaurants, santa marta, south america, travel

After nearly five months of chasing the end of winter around South America I was beginning to dream of spending some time lazing on the warm sand of a tropical beach, so it was with

Meet the Escobars – Medellin’s Most Unique Tour

January 6, 2012October 20, 2012 South America, Travelling cali carel, cocaine, colombia, dallas building, drug trafficking, drugs, escobar tour, medellin, medellin cartel, pablo escobar, roberto escobar, south america

It’s a rainy Tuesday afternoon: thunder is raging overhead and I am sitting in the lounge of a 64 year old man. He sits opposite me, looking older than his years. He is dressed casually

Medellin: From Murderous to Marvellous

January 4, 2012January 22, 2012 South America, Travelling colombia, drug cartel, los alumbrados, medellin, metrocable, pablo escobar, south america

Let’s get the grisly facts out of the way. Medellin is Colombia’s second largest city and—thanks to the thriving cocaine trade in Colombia—was once famously known as the ‘murder capital of the world’. During the

Open Wide! – Visiting the Dentist in Colombia

December 28, 2011January 22, 2012 South America, Travelling artica clinica ordontologica, colombia, cosmetic surgery, dental surgery, medellin, south america, surgery overseas, teeth whitening, zoom whitening

After having Lasik surgery in Vietnam, I am very happy to have cosmetic procedures during my travels. Perhaps this is incredibly vain of me, I don’t know. But with prices in the UK and Sweden

What a Year! 2011 in Pictures

December 23, 2011January 22, 2012 Life in Sweden, Nature, South America, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling aurora borealis, ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki, helsinki, machu picchu, northern lights, photo essay, photography, porjus, russia, south america, st.petersburg, sweden

It's the end of another year and with New Year's Eve just around the corner it's the time to reflect on the year that has gone before. 2011 was a good year. Living in Sweden

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