I know travel changes a person. Your perspective, core values, independence, sense of purpose, confidence and passions all develop rapidly when constantly tested and re-evaluated through enduring the non-routine life on the road. Had someone told me, as I embarked on my big adventure, that I wouldn’t end up back…
Bec
Previous lives include graphic designer, trainee chef and favourite child. These days I'm living each day as it comes...otherwise known as giving up my good job, giving up my house to tenants, giving up a lot of material possessions and even giving up my cat. The future includes traveling to South America, Canada, the US and Central America to work out where next...
it’s a wonderful world
/ 20/07/2013The process of coming home is a complex one, made complicated by the messed up nature of the human condition when confronted with the prospect of a new reality. It’s been over eight months since I left my former reality behind, left home shores and pursued a long held dream.…
malbec and meat…must be Mendoza
/ 06/07/2013Popping into Argentina’s wine region for a few days was made possible by last minute flights with LAN since all border crossings were snowed in. A bumpy skip over the Andes and we were amongst flat fields of grape vines, around 800-1000 wineries and autumnal tree-lined streets in Mendoza. We…
Santiago: the city with no sun. Valparaiso: the city with no foreshore anymore.
/ 04/07/2013Chile’s capital, Santiago, is at first glance a collection of low buildings underneath a leaden sky, kept dreary by pollution, clouds and rain. The sky is one colour – light grey. The cold gets into your bones and turned my fingers blue as I typed. Our ominous welcome featured students…
panic in Potosi
/ 27/06/2013Potosi was not kind to me. Sitting at an altitude of 4060mtrs, the mining city took my breath away, and not in a good way. The temperature also dropped and wind picked up, whistling through the narrow streets to slap us in the face. I would recommend against staying at…