Welcome to the section of my site that’s all about my favourite place in the world – South America. I spent five months there travelling overland from Colombia to Brazil through six countries – and completely fell in love. This continent is so rich in adventure, culture, and gorgeous landscapes.
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Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Peru
Oh, and check out this post all about my five month trip through South America for a breakdown of all my favourite travel stories. It’s a great way to get an idea of how to structure your own route!
All my latest South America posts are below, but reach out if you have a specific question and I’ll do my best to help out…
A postcard from beautiful Arequipa – the White City! Family adventurer Michelle talks travelling Peru with children in a VW Kombi…
It’s all about the animals in Postcard From this week, as travel photographer Gilles shares his stories and photos from The Pantanal in Brazil…
From street art to ceviche, make the most of Peru’s capital with my round-up of some of the best things to do in quirky, cultural Lima…
Lima makes an excellent base for exploring the middle of Peru! These are just five incredible places perfect for a day or weekend trip to escape the city…
Welcome to this week’s Postcard From – the feature where I chat to some lucky explorer about their recent travels. This week, I’ve been chatting to the lovely Two Scots Abroad (Gemma and Craig), two intrepid explorers who have downed tools as teacher and tradesman to take a sabbatical and travel The…
Last week, while I was shivering my toes off sightseeing in a slightly snowy Brussels, I spotted the awesome new Ice Cold Adventures campaign from outdoor clothing brand Berghuas. They’re publishing a list of their top five ice cold adventures over the next couple of weeks – like Helvellyn in the Lake…
Welcome to this week’s Postcard From – the feature where I chat to some lucky explorer about their recent travels. This week’s Postcard is from Hannah, the blogger behind That Adventurer – a travel blog that inspires people to go off the beaten track and take on new challenges. She’s recently returned…
I’ve finally gotten around to sorting through the photos that our tour group, Altitude, sent me after we biked Death Road with them in La Paz, Bolivia. It was a pretty bright day so most of them were a tiny bit over-exposed, but I’ve given them a tweak to bring…
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…
15th July One of our final stops in Rio before heading back to the UK was the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue at the top of Corcovado. This is a serious tourist trap; overcrowded, overpriced and very over-done, but it also felt like the one thing we couldn’t miss in Rio…
14th and 15th July We may have spent our first four nights in Rio slumming it in the Rocinha favela thanks to the hugely inflated World Cup accommodation prices, but thankfully right after the weekend of the final match Sam and I were able to switch to a more reasonably priced hostel in…
12th July Rio de Janeiro, we discovered, is an absolutely enormous city with dozens of different districts to explore, so varied that it can feel like you’re visiting multiple cities at once. From the Rocinha favela, where we were staying in the midst of the busy slum town, to the…
