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...
I first published my bucket list late last year and as with all things travel it’s snowballed since I’ve been back on the road backpacking again! I’ve added a few things here and...
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...
The Inca Trail in Peru has long been on my bucket list and a few weeks ago I finally got round to ticking it off when I headed along the 27 mile, 4 day trek with G Adventures. My last post on it...
I came to Ica simply to get a final fix of board sports before heading inland, but due to the bus timetables I found myself with the best part of a day to kill before heading onwards to Puno. I...
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...
One of the top bucket list items when backpacking Peru is undoubtedly Machu Pichu. But even more so is the chance to trek the infamous Inca Trail to arrive there via the sungate. I’m not a...
As I finally strayed from the coast for the first time since landing in South America back in January I was headed the furthest I’d ever been away from the sea, and to the highest altitude I...
A couple of weeks ago I got to spend a few days exploring Lake Titicaca in Peru (the posts going live tomorrow!) and this is one of my favourite images – the view from our boat as we headed out...
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...
After a rather last minute decision to skip past Lima and head straight inland from Mancora I found myself in Ica, some 28 hour bus journey away (or around 7ish from Lima) …or more precisely...