This is most certainly not the blog post I imagined writing for Iguazu Falls. But when Sarah, a friend I
October seems to have been the month of moving fast. After spending a whole month in Malaysia in August and
“Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.” I chant the words to myself like a mantra. Or maybe even
The Galapagos Islands are a notoriously expensive destination. This is especially true for backpackers making their way along the Gringo
There are two ways that people choose to explore the Galapagos. Some people head out on a multi-day, live aboard
Cartagena was the most touristy place I visited in all of Colombia. It was also my least favourite part of
The more I travel the more I realise that I don’t have to see everything at once. If my 70-year-old
When I was planning my trip to Mexico, I was super excited to realise that I would be there for
The guided day trip is king in Mexico. The hordes of mostly North Americas arriving in the country, often on
Mexico City is probably one of the most underrated places in Mexico. It’s often dubbed dangerous, or not interesting, or
Mexico (and the rest of Central America from what I’ve been told) is full of Mayan ruins that are thousands
Just before I arrive in any new country, I look up the UNESCO World Heritage list for that country and
I’d already fallen absolutely in love with Bosnia and Herzegovina during the short two days I spent in the capital
In my post on Brasov I explained that one of the reasons I was drawn to this region of Eastern Europe
Whilst Riga was my favourite Baltic city, Tallinn was definitely the most beautiful. There was just something that was incredibly
The Baltics was a region of Europe that always interested me, but not a region I thought I was going
