As I stand on the ledge looking down at the clouds spreading out beneath me under the setting sun I am in awe of this place, and completely unaware of what an uncomfortable night I am about to be in for. It’s my second of six days on Mount...
Iguaçu Falls; even the name sounds exotic (it means ‘big water’ in the local Guarani language). While a great many more people nowadays have actually heard of them, the relative expense of actually getting there puts off a lot of people. I have been...
“Mister, your water for washing”, was the usual wake up call but tonight I was already dressed and in the finishing stages of packing up my gear for the final time. Machu Picchu awaited and we didn’t want to be late. After our unusually light...
The early morning dew clung to the tops of our tents and the thick blades of grass all around us like honey. It was just before 7am but most of us were already awake or, at the very least, in varying states of consciousness. The camp was alive with the...
Why the name for this site? More and more when I tell friends and family my travel plans their first question is usually, “why on earth would you want to go there?” That doesn’t make for a particularly catchy title and in the world of Google short...