Current Trip Archive

  • It’s such a tough balance to strike, to try to record as much of your trip as possible, while still trying to actually experience the place you’ve travelled half way...

    Too Much Travelling, Too Little Writing

    It’s such a tough balance to strike, to try to record as much of your trip as possible, while still trying to actually experience the place you’ve travelled half way...

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  • Everyone you speak to who has travelled in Bolivia will tell you to visit the Salt Flats.  Adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘other-worldy’ and ‘trip of a lifetime’ are thrown around casually....

    Life on Mars – The Bolivian Salt Flats

    Everyone you speak to who has travelled in Bolivia will tell you to visit the Salt Flats.  Adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘other-worldy’ and ‘trip of a lifetime’ are thrown around casually....

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  • We were woken by our second guide, Yaneth, shouting “good morning” through our tents and asking our preference for a hot drink. Two steaming cups of hot chocolate were slipped...

    Hiking the Inca Trail – Day Two

    We were woken by our second guide, Yaneth, shouting “good morning” through our tents and asking our preference for a hot drink. Two steaming cups of hot chocolate were slipped...

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  • I absolutely loved travelling through Peru and I will take away thousands of photos and countless memories from our time there.  However, one of the most enduring memories for me...

    Beetle Mania

    I absolutely loved travelling through Peru and I will take away thousands of photos and countless memories from our time there.  However, one of the most enduring memories for me...

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  • All we wanted was to get from Copacabana to La Paz.  It’s only three hours by road and therefore, you might think, not too difficult to achieve.  Booking our bus...

    A Hard Day’s Journey

    All we wanted was to get from Copacabana to La Paz.  It’s only three hours by road and therefore, you might think, not too difficult to achieve.  Booking our bus...

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  • By the time we woke up at 4am, none of us wanted to go anymore. It had been a stressful evening the night before trying to work out, not only...

    Hiking the Inca Trail – Day One

    By the time we woke up at 4am, none of us wanted to go anymore. It had been a stressful evening the night before trying to work out, not only...

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  • Before arriving in Huaraz, we’d planned to take the opportunity of being in such a fabulous location to do several hikes into the stunning Cordillera Blanca mountains.  However, after being struck...

    Lugging ourselves up to Laguna 69

    Before arriving in Huaraz, we’d planned to take the opportunity of being in such a fabulous location to do several hikes into the stunning Cordillera Blanca mountains.  However, after being struck...

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  • This article is the second from my silent-for-the-most-part partner Alan. We are very lucky in many ways, but I particularly love how many passions and past-times we share.  In the...

    Run to the Water, You’ll Find Me There

    This article is the second from my silent-for-the-most-part partner Alan. We are very lucky in many ways, but I particularly love how many passions and past-times we share.  In the...

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  • We are experiencing Huaraz as the seasons begin to change.  We are about to head into the wet season  and so the afternoon brings damp heavy clouds which hang threateningly...

    Photo Friday: Storm Clouds over Huaraz

    We are experiencing Huaraz as the seasons begin to change.  We are about to head into the wet season  and so the afternoon brings damp heavy clouds which hang threateningly...

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  • I’m not really a stranger to altitude.  I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Colorado taking hiking trips into the Rockies and, other than shortness of breath, I’ve never...

    Experiencing the Joy of Altitude Sickness

    I’m not really a stranger to altitude.  I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Colorado taking hiking trips into the Rockies and, other than shortness of breath, I’ve never...

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