Did you know mosquitoes can bite through clothes? Neither did I, until I wore my leggings hiking in Colombia and later found my legs covered in big red bites. Lucky for me, I have a walking mosquito repellent in the form of Sam, who is apparently so delicious to the…
With this week’s posts on Rio, I have finally finished writing about my five month trip in South America with my boyfriend Sam. Along the way, I kept my “timeline” post more or less updated, so if you want the precise low-down of what I did across those 155 incredible…
Last week, I took part in an interview for Just A Pack travel blog, and they asked me what was the one thing I took on my trip with me that I couldn’t live without. For me the answer was simple: my hiking shoes. Neither me or Sam had really…
The town of Leticia, in Colombia’s bottom right corner, is right on the borders with Brazil and Peru, and it’s possible to reach both countries via boat. You can fly to Leticia from anywhere in Colombia via a connection in Bogota. At the airport in Leticia, you need to get…
Since it’s easy to lose track of my relatively sporadic travel update posts, I thought I’d create one single post on my homepage listing our adventures day by day. I’ll link to any posts I eventually put up as well – so it’ll hopefully become an index for posts about…
One of the things that had me stumped when I was planning for my South America backpacking trip was what kind of travel plug adaptor I’d need. Previously, I’ve only really needed the same European one, but, as it turned out, for South America it’s not so easy. Many of…
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