I know, I’m a bit late on this one. It has been nigh on 18 months since I arrived back in the UK from my great South American sojourn, but after writing about it the whole time I was there, and a little when I got back, I never really…
Saturday 11th June 2016 – I stayed in Cusco before I left, and was treated once more to a chance meeting. Shira and Danya had just arrived from their time in Bolivia, so we met up for dinner after we’d sorted out where we were going to eat. I think…
Monday 18th April 2016 – It’s a city of smog. Santiago, that is. Smog here, smog there, smog everywhere. It’s a victim of its own existence, the pollution so present due to a combination of the Andean hills that provide the valley of residence, the high rises that form much…
Tuesday 05th January 2015 – I left Florianopolis at 7AM to get the bus to Porto Alegre, there being no direct bus to Montevideo. By 9AM I was away, and I arrived timely, sometime after three in the afternoon. This is where the plans were scuppered though. Straight over to…
Monday 28th December 2015 – I never really took to Florianopolis, and Isla Santa Caterina as a whole, like I did Paraty, despite my setbacks in the latter. I don’t mean to sound morose, I certainly enjoyed myself, it was just missing something. Perhaps the relaxed vibe, the feeling of…
Monday 16th November 2015 – It took me a few days to really recover from my time on the toilet. The sickness itself was over within 24 hours, but the loss of fluids left me feeling drained. I didn’t have much of an appetite either. This probably wasn’t helped by…
