We heeded the warnings. God knows, if we’ve learnt anything on this trip, it’s to never let a travel warning go unheeded. So instead of applying our kindergarten-level Spanish on a nation that is renowned for (a) it’s involuntary isolation from most English-speaking foreign influence; and (b) it’s reliably unreliable internet access; we decided to…
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Video: Peru
Our arrival to Peru wasn’t as we planned – we hadn’t exactly engineered the scenario where we fled from neighbouring Bolivia on a midnight flight. Nevertheless, it meant that we arrived in the coastal capital of Lima, rather than crossing the border on foot at Lake Titicaca. Not to worry. Our south to north itinerary…
Video: Chile and Salar de Uyuni
With the European phase one of our travel odyssey in the books and our batteries freshly charged, we could turn our minds at last to the more intrepid leg: South America. Our gateway to the continent was a nation that, owing to its remarkable elongated shape, boasts the full spectrum of natural landscapes: Chile. Our…
Video: Turkey
The final phase of our European trip took us to the Anatolian peninsula, and the eclectic nation that makes its home there: Turkey. The Turkey leg (which always sounds like a bad pun whenever said aloud) was for most of the trip a distant, faraway destination that would inevitably signal the start of our journey…
Video: Iceland
We knew that Iceland would be a destination unlike any other we had experienced before. It promised to be a land of extremes: 20 hours of daylight each day, yet with midsummer temperatures that were fresh and cool. Glaciers spilling from the mountains to the sea, punctuated by active geothermal areas spewing steam and mud…
Video: Lagos
After the stresses of taking a right-hand manual rental car around the Andalusian countryside for a week, a four day rehab stint in seaside Lagos could scarcely have come at a better time. Croatia’s coastline was beautiful for its clear, warm water, but Lagos promised a luxury that we had yet to encounter on this…
Video: Caminito del Rey
El Caminito del Rey – the path of the king. So named due to King Alfonso’s visit in the 1920’s, when the monarch ceremonially walked the precariously constructed pedestrian causeway that had been built to ferry workers between two hydroelectric dams at the turn of the century. Looking at the crumbling remains of the original…
Video: Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
It’s universally accepted that the hallmark of any good national park is resplendent natural beauty. They’ve all got it in some form or another. But what sets the ‘great’ national parks apart from the merely ‘good’ national parks? Put that question to a group of people, and you’ll likely find that the consensus immediately splinters….
Video: Cinque Terre
A holiday in Cinque Terre can be mesmerising in a number of different ways. Picture this: you wake up in one idyllic, pocket-sized seaside hamlet, surrounded on three sides by towering escarpments scored with terraced horticulture. To your left, several kilometres along the dramatic coastline, juts a piece of land, protruding politely into the ocean…
Video: Switzerland
There is no well-beaten path through Switzerland for backpackers on a budget. Perhaps due to its inflated prices, or its relentless commitment to providing every commodity at the highest quality (the former undeniably a function of the latter), a Swiss holiday has long been the domain of the elder traveller with considerable means. But it…