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…
Since landing in Bogotá, Sam and I have both been really keen to get ourselves to the coast and get onto a beach. So, when we woke up in Santa Marta last Thursday and discovered that the beach there is a tiny strip of gritty sand next to a port, you…
On Tuesday last week, Sam and I woke up in Bucaramanga – having randomly decided to stop there on the way to Santa Marta purely to break the journey up. We had no idea what Bucaramanga was or what it had to offer us, but after looking around our hostel…
On Sunday last week, we hopped on a bus to Zipaquira, about two hours north of Bogotá, to head into the salt mines and see the famous salt cathedral (info on how to get there at the bottom of this post). The bus dropped us off close to the city centre, and…
In 2014, I spent five months travelling overland through South America with my then-boyfriend. Even in summary, there is so much to say about this trip. It took hundreds of blog posts and thousands of photographs, as well as tons of social media bragging, to capture even just a small…
We’ve been in Bogotá for a few days now and have seen a lot of the city! We started out staying at the truly gorgeous Casa Gaitan Cortes, in the trendy Zona-G neighbourhood which is a fairly quiet, upmarket district with lots of cool restaurants, bars and clubs. After two nights of luxury,…
WE’RE IN COLOMBIA! Finally, after a year of planning and saving, we made it to South America! We landed on Wednesday evening and have spent the first couple of days in Bogota acting like tourists in our gorgeous hotel, Casa Gaitan Cortes, lazily recovering from jet lag and generally relaxing…
One of the things that had me stumped when I was planning for my backpacking trip was what kind of travel plug adaptor for South America I needed. 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…
