Looking at heading to Montanita in Ecuador? Here's my guide to this awesome surf town - including where to stay, places to eat and how to get there!
Looking at heading to Montanita in Ecuador? Here's my guide to this awesome surf town - including where to stay, places to eat and how to get there!
Over the last week I’ve been quickly settling back into my life on the road and readjusting to life outside of the western comforts I indulged in during my surprise trip back to the UK for xmas and...
With all the xmas festivities out the way and fresh off the slopes of the Swiss Alps I’m craving 2 things – sun and surf. Luckily on Sunday I’ll be well on my way to both of these as I jump on...
2012 has been a pretty dam epic year for my backpacking travels and indeed the blog too! In the past 12months I’ve left rainy cold England behind and spent pretty much all year basking in the...
The post I did a couple weeks ago for the Travel Blog Relay got me thinking about what tops my list of travel memories and was a tough one to narrow down to 3 of the best. But it also got me thinking...
It’s been going a couple of weeks now but my time to pick up the baton for Team Purple in the LowCostHolidays.com blogger relay – kindly passed to me by @laura_davies80 from...
Papallacta, Ecuador – a town synonymous for relaxation, hot springs and pampering. Even the backpacker, especially the backpacker, needs the occasional day of rejuvenation and where better to...
Heading out to Ecuador during my time in South America I had a few unanswered questions in my travel plans – how the hell was I going to make my way overland into Peru and onwards?! I’d...
I’ve only just left but there’s already certain things I miss about backpacking South America through Ecuador and Peru, but also equally things I don’t – so here’s my...
By the time you read this post I should be safely nestled back in my own double bed, probably freezing my arse off in Devon, England. Yup – my South American adventure has come to an end after...
Over the last week or so I’ve decided that there is one element of backpacking that I’m beginning to truly despise. But it’s something that’s so fundamental to backpacking as a whole – whether...
Having finally left the beauty, surf and party scene that was my home in Montanita, Ecuador for the past 3 months it was going to be tough to find somewhere that matched it’s lure for me. I had no...
Me and my travel buddies from my recent trip to the Galapagos adopted a phrase to describe the highlights of our experience there – they were referred to as “Galapagasms”. For those of you not...
Over the last 3 months of my travels there’s been one thing missing from my attire and indeed my backpacking kit as a whole – shoes, flip flops, in fact any kind of foot wear (besides my hiking...
Booking a trip to the Galapagos is a huge investment, and something I was very dubious about doing – eventually I bit the bullet and headed to islands with 4 of my buddies aboard the Valkiria...