One of the criteria I used to start shaping my bucket list was the four elements – earth, air, fire and water. I’ve hiked on glaciers for the water element, looked into the mouth of the vocal and fiery Mt Yasur volcano for fire, air I plan to cover with…
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magic times in Manta
/ 17/05/2013Wayyyy back in Meridá, Venezuela, I booked a top shelf get away for myself in Manta, on the coast of Ecuador a short fight from Quito. After three months on the road, another two and a half months to go, and with some time up my sleeve, I figured I…
pampering in Popyán
/ 17/05/2013Popyán is a whitewashed town with free coffee at reception, chicken feet in the set menu soup, a fabulous vegetarian restaurant which Fletch and I found after passing on the soup and a salon where I had my first hair cut in several months – the fabulous Carlos from Panama…
in the Zona
/ 17/05/2013No trip to Colombia should miss a visit to the verdant and vibrant green slopes of Zona Cafetera – the coffee zone. Producing half of the country’s coffee, the crops climb to the top of steep mountainsides, using natural drainage and altitude to their advantage. Part of our stay included…
living on the edge in La Fortuna
/ 11/03/2013Nothing is quite so relaxing as water, I’ll never be able to go a long time without being in water. Makes sense then that when the options in La Fortuna include a few hours at the Los Lagos hot springs followed by dinner, I was all over that like white…