Cerro Rico – Bolivia’s Mountain Of Death
I am a firm believer that you cannot truly understand your chosen destinations until you experience both sides. While many people only ever see the glossy touristic exterior of a country or city, to understand the full story sometimes you need to delve a little...
Salar De Uyuni: The amazing Salt Flats of Bolivia
Mopping up a small puddle of Lipeña Cerveza, a beer made from Quinoa, which had found the express route into my lap thanks to the latest in a long line of pot holes that we had endured over the last 2 days, I was confident nobody had noticed. We were almost at our...
Griffith Park Observatory – A Window To The Stars Not Just LA
It's a well known fact that Griffith Park Observatory is one of the best, and most accessible, places to see the sun set over Los Angeles. Thousands of people also come here to catch a closer look at the "Hollywood" sign located on adjacent Mount Lee. The Observatory...
El Hongo – Sustainable Community Development in Playa Del Carmen
In the back streets of Playa Del Carmen, just 15 minutes from the bustling nightlife of bars and restaurants that line a 2km pedestrian section of Calle Quinta Avenida, a stones throw from the famous beach of the Riveria Maya, there is a small movement, simply named...
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Herculaneum – Snapshot Of An Eruption
Smaller than its infinitely more famous southern neighbour Pompeii, the port town of Herculaneum (along with Stabiae, Oplontis and Boscoreale) was also wiped off this planet when Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. Sitting on the north western flank of Vesuvius,...
Cretaceous Park – Sucre’s Unique Window Back In Time
Spending a couple of hours walking through a former quarry may not sound like everyone's idea of an interesting afternoon. In Sucre, thousands of visitors per year do just that in the aptly titled El Parque Cretácico (Cretaceous Park). It has a commanding position in...
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Preparing For Kilimanjaro – How To Get Your Body And Mind Ready To Take On One Of Its Toughest Challenges
Taking on Kilimanjaro is a major decision. It will possibly be one of the more dangerous things you decide to undertake. Deaths are rare but they do happen. How do you prepare for it and how should you deal with the inevitable bumps on the trail that you will...
Trekking the Inca Trail: Day 2 – Dead Woman’s Pass
Opening my eyes I could tell it was early but I had been lying here for the last 20 minutes and it was time to move. The mountain peaks still hid the sun from the valley. Without its warm glow there was a definite chill in the air as I unzipped my tent, momentarily...
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Griffith Park Observatory – A Window To The Stars Not Just LA
It's a well known fact that Griffith Park Observatory is one of the best, and most accessible, places to see the sun set over Los Angeles. Thousands of people also come here to catch a closer look at the "Hollywood" sign located on adjacent Mount Lee. The Observatory...
Grand Canyon West – Is It Overpriced?
Few people could argue that the Grand Canyon isn't a natural wonder. Mother Nature at her grandest but with a $90 per person entry fee to see Grand Canyon West is it overpriced? Why So Much? The Grand Canyon is huge and largely inaccessible. There are 2 main tourist...
Pompeii – Ghost Town Of Vesuvius
It's perhaps one of the most famous historical sights in the world. Right up there with the Colosseum in Rome or the Acropolis in Athens but what exactly draws visitors in their millions annually to Pompeii, a ghost town of Vesuvius once it erupted in 79AD?...
48 Hours in Reykjavik
It's one of the hottest destinations of the past couple of years. From whale watching to the Northern Lights; natural wonders to a surprising amount of craft beer, Iceland seems to have it all but is it possible to do Iceland justice in just 48 hours? 48 Hours in...
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Cretaceous Park – Sucre’s Unique Window Back In Time
Spending a couple of hours walking through a former quarry may not sound like everyone's idea of an interesting afternoon. In Sucre, thousands of visitors per year do just that in the aptly titled El Parque Cretácico (Cretaceous Park). It has a commanding position in...
Torres del Paine – Patagonia At it’s Wildest & Most Rugged
It attracts over a quarter of a million visitors annually and is the most visited national park in Chile despite being hundreds of kilometres from the nearest town. It’s also a star of the famed BBC Natural History Unit’s series, "Patagonia", among others....
Itaipu Dam – Engineering Marvel Or Environmental Disaster?
Not everything on this planet that stops you in your tracks comes from nature. For good or bad, mans attempts to control nature have led to some successes and stunning failures. One of the largest hydro electric damming projects in the world is the Itaipu Dam in South...
Hidden Patagonia – The Amazing Petrified Forest Of La Leona
An hour outside of El Calafate in Argentina, hidden to the thousands of people that rush by on the busy Ruta Quarenta, lies a valley preserved in time for millennia. In the middle of the private Estancia Sant Teresita lies a whole valley with some amazing stories to...
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A Visual Visit to Antelope Canyon
There are some places in this world that words alone simply cannot express. Antelope Canyon is one of those places. Antelope Canyon isn't particularly central to, well, anywhere really. Yet the stunning natural beauty of this canyon of two halves...
Hiking Lake Atitlán’s Indian Nose For Sunrise
Scrambling around in the pitch black of night desperately trying to not wake my roommate or the family we were staying with, my alarm was piercing the silent night air. The excitement was palpable. I have come to love my hiking holidays and my time in Guatemala had so...
The Natural Beauty Of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán
Lake Atitlan many not be the most well known of destinations. In fact may people would be hard pressed to pin even it's country on a map let alone where exactly you can find it. It may not have the allure of Lake Titikaka which straddles the Peru/Bolivia border or...
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My Story
Travel takes many forms for many people. I firmly believe that travel of any kind is enriching. For the last decade I have chosen trips that many people see as exotic or out of the way but the places I have been blessed to see and the people I have met have helped shape me as a person.
I’m not adverse to a “standard” beach holiday or city break but anywhere I travel I try to find something unique about the destination to explore.
This blog is the culmination of many thousands of airmiles and countless trips to amazing places and cultures. I hope you enjoy finding inspiration for your travels.
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It’s lethal.”
– Paulo Coelho