The Travelling Tightwads
It's a balance between your budget and your ethics, your principles and your protests. One of the biggest issues that travellers face is cost. Unless you're a true flashpacker, bouncing […]
Monthly Archives: December 2013
In Pictures: Sunset In Taganga
In my last post I wrote about Taganga, described in my trusty Footprint guide book as: “… the popular fishing village and beach … set in a little bay with […]
Nearly Knifed! And Diving Into Taganga
A year in South America elevates your senses to what can only be described as ninja status. Especially after a week of Carnaval atmosphere in Cartagena, where the streets now […]
Travel Magnifies Everything
It's the old cliche. What effect does travel really have on us? The question really ought to be 'What effects', there being more than just one to be singled out, […]
Non-Stop: A Taste Of Carnaval In Cartagena
Medellín ended on a soppy note, with grey skies and incessant rain clouding my final morning in one of Colombia’s most notorious cities. With my head feeling as foggy as […]
Sub-Machine Guns And Other Nice Sprites: The Road To Medellín
Finally some Colombian action, right! Guns? Hell yeah. Big boxes of scary black metal guns. Where? Under the bus! Why? I don’t know, but the police gave us an extra […]
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