For the past couple of weeks I've been attending Spanish School (Escuela de Espanol) in Cuenca and loving it. Arriving in South America three months ago I knew no Spanish at all, nada. I quickly discovered that if I was [...]
Many people ask me how I can afford to travel as much as I do. It's not that I'm rich, far from it. Last year when I traveled around the world my budget was AUD$50 per day including accommodation. My [...]
For the past month I have been traveling through Colombia. The country was not a part of my travel plan when I left Australia. Others I spoke with, friends, family had never been and warned me against doing something crazy [...]
Discussing my Colombian travel plans with other backpackers before arriving here, as soon as I mentioned I was headed up to Cartagena almost everyone said, "Go to Santa Marta and stay at The Dreamer." When talking about Santa Marta almost [...]
Playa Blanca is only an hour or so drive from Cartagena, yet it feels like another world. A tropical Caribbean beach lined with huts and hammocks but with no electricity or wifi. The white sand beach of Playa Blanca is [...]
I'm in Colombia at the moment and it's great. I'm right at the top of Colombia and have already traveled through Cartagena and Playa Blanca and I'm currently in Santa Marta. This is the hot part of Colombia where beautiful [...]
I've spent the past week in downtown/central Lima and I have to say that I really like it. Before arriving I'd heard differing opinions from those who had already passed through, and surprisingly most people said Lima didn't really 'do [...]
I've been traveling through Peru for about a week now, entering the country from Ecuador and traveling along the coast through Mancora and Huacachina. Since entering Peru I've been watching the Independence Day preparations and celebrations ramp up as we [...]
Cuenca is my favourite city so far in Ecuador. It's not frantic, it's not dirty, it's doesn't have high-rise buildings or people hassling to sell, or steal. As soon as I arrived I was reminded of Florence, Italy. The buildings [...]
For the past few days I've been traveling through the jungle of Ecuador and exploring a culturally rich world of shaman’s, mosquitos and mud. A 200 year old tree and gum boots. I'm on a Tucan Travels tour [...]
