Europe A week in the Bay of Kotor, MNE 4 Sep 20173 Sep 2017 It doesn't take a professor of linguistics to work out that Montenegro means 'black mountains'; and took us even less time to work out why. On our first night (and…
Europe Retrospective: England vs Russia 10 Jun 201719 Jun 2017 I've just bought all the tickets I can for the Euro's mate, I've got all the England group games and a couple of the knockouts. Want one? was probably the best…
Europe Iceland: Chasing the Northern Lights 13 Apr 201719 Apr 2017 The Vikings, with the Irish slaves they had kidnapped in tow, chose Iceland as a settlement because of it's dense woodland for building, suitability for farming and plentiful iron to…
south america Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Chapter II 31 Mar 201713 Apr 2017 I presumed my final month in Rio would just be spent on the beach trying to live cheaply, or in an ideal world be volunteering at a hostel in exchange…
south america Retrospective: A Bolivian nightmare 18 Mar 201718 Mar 2017 The classic 'Where've you been then, lad?' chat comes up every time I check into a new hostel; which is usually followed up by 'Did you not fancy Bolivia?' seeing…
south america Welcome to the rhythm of Brazil 6 Mar 201718 Mar 2017 The border town that separates Brazil from Uruguay is literally split across the middle. I start off in Chuy at 7am, having caught my 6am bus from La Corranilla, and…
south america “La tortugas y yo en Uruguay” 25 Feb 20176 Mar 2017 I started my journey into speaking Spanish with DuoLingo, and was confused at how much time the app dedicated to teaching users the word "tortugas"- specifically "La tortugas beben leche"…
south america Twenty-four hours in Buenos Aires 13 Feb 201713 Feb 2017 A great opportunity has come up for me in Uruguay, my money problems kept me in Santiago for a few days longer than anticipated; and the sleeper bus took 2…
south america Video: Not that chilly in Chile 3 Feb 201713 Feb 2017 A hole in the ozone layer around northern Chile ensures on average just 5mm of rainfall a year; and my bones are warmed up (for the most part) after quite…
south america A brief interlude into Peru 31 Jan 2017 Having visited last year, I planned to quickly travel through Peru -seeing one or two things- but on the whole focus on heading south to Chile as fast as the…
