Innsbruck is a quite literal jumping off point for the mountains and to be here and engage in these activities you need money. I did not have money so I went to the zoo instead. I stayed at a hostel…
Archives for April 2018
My story of being on the pill
I was 17 when I had my first proper boyfriend and so I went on the pill. I was excited to actually be taking control of my life as well as making sure that I didn’t get pregnant in my…
Falling in love in Bergen
Once upon a time, I went to Scandinavia. I’d been wanting to visit for a long time and I asked my friend to come with me for some of it. He said yes. I went to Finland and Denmark on my…
Boat trip to the Curonian Spit
A video journey of getting from Klaipeda’s old port to Smiltyne on the Curonian Spit and back again.
What is it like to come home after a long trip?
I spent 2008-9 travelling from South to Central America. In my last week, I got on a train from San Jose to Denver and changed to a flight to San Francisco. I was exhausted by this point but ultimately satisfied, at…
Nicaragua’s two cities: All about Granada and Leon
Granada is a very colourful town and sometimes referred to as the ‘city of doors’ because of the lovely rows of houses that line the streets. Granada is the oldest city on continental Latin America, the founder was Hernandez de…
Will the Nicaragua Canal destroy Lake Nicaragua and Isla Ometepe?
It was time to visit Nicaragua’s famous island. Whilst I was waiting for the boat, I sat in a cafe that was next to the lake. It should have been a perfect place but there was a spider monkey chained…
Looking for lava at La Fortuna
I followed a Canadian girl to La Fortuna from Tortuguero as she seemed to know which different buses to take as there were quite a few changes to make. On one bus a tourist was so overweight that the conductor…
Slow TV: Boat trip along the Bridgewater Canal
A slow TV journey along the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester, from Stretford Marina to Castlefield and then back again.
Why Tortuguero is my favourite place in Costa Rica
Tortuguero is just heaven. Its a ballache to get to but it is heaven. I got a bus from Puerto Viejo to Puerto Limon and then onto Moin where you can get a boat which takes 3-4 hours. Moin is…
The yacht journey from Panama to Colombia via the San Blas Islands
On the morning that I left Colombia, we all got shared taxis from our hostel to the port to board our yacht. The captain of the ship was a grumpy, alcoholic Spaniard and he was assisted by an Argentinian woman…
Mud volcanoes and cocaine in Cartagena
Cartagena burnt down 19 years after it was founded in the 1500s by Spanish colonialists and named after the city of Cartagena in Spain. It is only permitted to use non-flammable materials for buildings, a rule which has affected the…