1. Let it Out First thing first, spending Christmas alone sucks. It doesn’t matter if you’re exploring Machu Picchu or sitting at work, on Christmas Day there is something uncontrollable that makes even the most badass soloist want to be with other people. So get out all those negative feels. Yell, cry, swear, punch your…
Paris is the city of love, so they say, but even sceptics will fall in love with this beautiful urban wonderland by the end of a day here. There are endless alleyways to explore and romantic cafes to sit and watch the day go by. But if you are short on time and haven’t been…
Are you heading to Panama soon? Do you daydream about spending your days sipping on coconuts on a white sandy beach somewhere in the beautiful San Blas Islands? So many people want to visit the the beautiful Panamanian Islands but decide against it after they start researching it. Quickly they discover that there are no…
Food poisoning and gastroenteritis is never anyone’s idea of a good time but while travelling it has the potential to derail your whole trip. The last thing you want while on vacation is spending your precious holiday time in the bathroom. Unfortunately, once you come down with a stomach bug there is usually no cure,…
This week we have been in Cuba, and wow, is this place something different! But while there are many wonderful and amazing things about Cuba, the one thing I wasn’t impressed with on arrival was the lack of internet. It wasn’t completely unexpected, but I found out fast that I was ill prepared. I mean…
Our trip to the Guyanese interior started at dawn in Georgetown. We elected to get a private pick up by 4WD as we had had a bad experience with buses on our trip to the Amazon in Brazil. So at 6am our driver picked us up and we started on our adventure into the jungle.…
Iguazu Falls are a series of waterfalls at the junction of the Brazilian, Argentinian and Paraguayan borders. The falls are a new world wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage Site so breathtaking views were almost guaranteed, but these are five things I was not expecting. Foz Do Iguacu is more than a hotel hub I…
I have been staying in hostels for 10 years now and as a result I have stayed with a lot of bad (and good) roommates. But this week in Brasilia was definitely on the extreme end of the scale! The hostel we are staying at in Brasilia might look like your average hostel with funky…
This is what so many people have asked me. There is so much in the media about the Zika virus right now that it has started to become everyone’s number one concern for us. Family, friends and even our Airbnb hosts seem worried for our health. In fact, just yesterday I received an email from…
Olympic Cauldron The outdoor Olympic cauldron from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics is located in the Jack Poole Plaza outside the Vancouver Convention Centre. The cauldron was originally lit by ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky on 12 February 2010 during the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics. It is now lit for special occasions and…