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5 Must-Sees: Argentina

by Runaway Britupdated on 3 Comments on 5 Must-Sees: Argentina

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 your side, so here is …

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Perfect Peaks. A #FriFotos Photo Essay

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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, but tend to migrate more …

Food and Drink South America Travelling

Five Amazing Argentinian Foods

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on Five Amazing Argentinian Foods

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 a cold sweat, as Thai …

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Traveller Debate: South America or South East Asia?

by Runaway Britupdated on 28 Comments on Traveller Debate: South America or South East Asia?

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 the first decade of my …

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Criminal Gangs in Colombia and the Implications for Travellers

by Runaway Britupdated on 5 Comments on Criminal Gangs in Colombia and the Implications for Travellers

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 unfriendly ‘Closed’ sign. What …

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I Didn’t Get Robbed in South America

by Runaway Britupdated on 12 Comments on I Didn’t Get Robbed in South America

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 mugged. None of my property …

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

by Runaway Britupdated on 12 Comments on Five Mistakes I Made in South America (And How To Avoid Them)

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 I went to South America, …

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On TV at the Cusco Choco Museo

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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 with the production of …

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Five Things I Did RIGHT In South America

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on Five Things I Did RIGHT In South America

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 debate amongst the travel community …

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Three Days in Paradise: Sailing the San Blas

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on Three Days in Paradise: Sailing the San Blas

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 can cruise the warm waters …

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Why You Should Visit Cartagena

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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 itinerary as we were …

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

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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 great excitement that I …

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Meet the Escobars – Medellin’s Most Unique Tour

by Runaway Britupdated on 13 Comments on Meet the Escobars – Medellin’s Most Unique Tour

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 and wears a US Polo …

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Medellin: From Murderous to Marvellous

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on Medellin: From Murderous to Marvellous

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 80s and 90s, Medellin was …

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Open Wide! – Visiting the Dentist in Colombia

by Runaway Britupdated on 17 Comments on Open Wide! – Visiting the Dentist in Colombia

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 being so high, …

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What a Year! 2011 in Pictures

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on What a Year! 2011 in Pictures

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 rather than Vietnam meant …

South America Travelling

Be Prepared for Bogota—what the travel guides don’t tell you!

by Runaway Britupdated on 6 Comments on Be Prepared for Bogota—what the travel guides don’t tell you!

Bogota is the sixth capital city that we have visited on our trip around South America, and so far it has proven to be the most difficult to enter, get around in, and to leave. One of the reasons for …

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Hostel Cooking: Chicken Skewers and Garlic Potatoes

by Runaway Britupdated on 2 Comments on 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 brilliant.

But then a funny …

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Why I Love Santiago

by Runaway Britupdated on 8 Comments on 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 in Chile for long—a …

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Perito Moreno – Argentina’s Incredible Glacier

by Runaway Britupdated on 4 Comments on Perito Moreno – Argentina’s Incredible Glacier

What I have found most incredible about spending a month in Argentina is the discovery of how diverse – not to mention huge – this country is. I have seen maps of Argentina, of course, but it is only when …

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