“Travel is… about learning, about crossing boundaries and mastering the fear of strangers, about making the effort to understand other cultures and thereby empowering yourself”. – Fatima Mernissi Taking in the views of Taipei…
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Exploring China’s Southeast – Overland From Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Yangshuo, Guilin, Fenghuang, Zhangjijie, Changsha, Huangshan, Suzhou and Shanghai “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world”.…
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Exploring China’s Southwest – Overland From Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Kunming, Yuanyang, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Litang and Chengdu “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new…
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Grab Your Car Keys & Head Off To Explore Filming Locations In Albuquerque! Not only is Albuquerque famous for its green chilli and the International Balloon Fiesta, but most recently it was the location…
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A Photo Essay From Our USA Road Trip! Whilst having travelled 5,000 miles across the USA back in 2011, we never made it to the state of New Mexico. So this time around on…
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Experience The Best Of The Bay. (Earthquakes Are Free!) Famous for its steep hills, historic cable cars, and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco is a great city in which to spend your…
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Add These To Your Route! Having spent 6 whole months on the road travelling through South America, visiting Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador, we thought we’d share with you our 25…
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Photography Focus – Portraits… Since returning home to England and having a bit of time to reflect on all that we have experienced over the last six months travelling around South America, we thought…
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Never Take Your Eye Off The Ball… As seasoned travellers that have experienced a fair amount of the world, we can wholeheartedly say that the majority of people we have met along the way…
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City In The Clouds… Standing at 2,850 metres, Quito is the highest capital city in the world and the second largest city of Ecuador. It was also the next place we visited on our…
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What To Do If You Only Have One Day In Colombia’s Capital City! Bogota is Colombia’s capital and largest city, so it was a shame that we only had 2 nights/ 1 full day…
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World Class Market For Textiles & Handicrafts… No trip to Ecuador is complete without a visit to Otavalo’s bustling handicraft and food market that starts in the main square and sprawls out amongst the…
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Cusco Is More Than Just An Overnight Stop Off… Cusco, Peru’s ‘gringo capital’ is top of the list for many travellers heading to their bucket list destination Machu Picchu, the ‘lost’ city of the…
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Not Just The Legacy Of The Incas… As South America’s third largest country, Peru was the next stop on our epic 27 week overland journey as we put Ithaca through her paces making our…
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But Which Side Is Best? Wider than Victoria and higher than Niagara, the mighty Iguacu Falls have been one of the highlights of our South American expedition so far. A total of 275 individual…
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An Insight Into Brazil’s Largest Single Favela… Whilst visiting Rio de Janeiro, instead of taking a day trip to the main tourist sights, we decided to visit Rocinha, the largest single ‘favela’ in Brazil.…