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March 8, 2017
Following my dose of culture in Melbourne, I headed to the world’s third most ethnically diverse city, Sydney. I’ve been to Sydney twice and neither time had an instant affinity for the city. Perhaps due to me visiting with other people so I wasn’t on the lookout for interesting opportunities; perhaps I didn’t put enough […]
March 1, 2017
Travellers and Aussies alike had told me that I would love Melbourne, and it was a very “me” place, so I was keen to see what lay in store. It was quite the compliment, as what I found was a bustling, diverse, cool city that felt more European than Australian. Melbourne is the southern most […]
February 17, 2017
When I arrived in Perth, Australia I was expecting a scene from Summer Bay, the fictional beachside town from an Australia soap opera I watched as a kid. I was very happy to be proven wrong as the day after arriving my friend there took me out to a swanky rooftop bar full of sharply […]
February 8, 2017
As mentioned previously, when I was 23 I went traveling in Central America myself for three months. It was a last-minute trip and I didn’t really know what or where I should be. I never got over the social anxiety everyone feels at first when trying to make friends on the road or in a […]
February 2, 2017
I decided to visit Parque Museo La Venta in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, on a bit of a whim. Whilst trying to decide where to head next on my trip I passed a poster advertising the state of Tabasco, displaying a rather large head carved out of stone. I was told by a number of tourist […]
February 2, 2017
The archeological zone just outside the town of Palenque, in the state of Chiapas, is home to a relatively small complex of pyramids, temples, and residential buildings. The complex is surrounded by an ecological park, containing waterfalls and jungle. If you so wish you can choose to take a small walk through the jungle, arriving […]
February 2, 2017
Honduras has a bad reputation amongst travellers, with many considering it to be too dangerous to visit. A visit to Copan Ruinas, however, feels anything but dangerous. The town looks rather new, with brightly painted buildings and many local men wearing boots and a cowboy hat. It has the feel of a Mexican town from […]
February 2, 2017
If you make it to Mexico City you can’t avoid hearing about Teotihuacan. Many tour companies sell day trips to this vast complex of ancient pyramids and other buildings, located an hour or two outside of the city. The complex was built by a peoples most often referred to as the ‘Teotihuacans’. This is, however, […]
January 25, 2017
After travelling the East coast of Australia for 3 months the previous year, I had well and truly caught the travelling bug and was hooked. I came home and had just bought a property but all I could think about was going travelling again. In the summer I learnt to surf in Cornwall and after […]
December 1, 2016
The journey from Varanasi to the border to Pokhara was like something from Monty Python. When I asked how long the bus would take (after the train and four hours in the world’s oldest jeep) we were told “maybe six hours, maybe 12, depends if the driver stops for a sleep”. The 24 hour mission […]