I had a week off work, so I did what many women do when they have time off – important admin. On the Monday at midday I went to my local hospital to their contraception clinic, I had rung up…
Why I loved the sunny streets of Salvador
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil is not in the top google searches for Salvador as it is beaten by Dali and Allende, which goes to show how overlooked it is. Personally, it was one of my favourite places in Brazil and…
Backpacker Confessions: Getting rowdy in Rio de Janeiro
We were knackered after a long, hungover bus journey but we were finally in Rio! It was time to continue the carnage we started in the usually sedate Florianopolis… Rio de Janeiro is the highlight of the itinerary for anyone who…
Why I started taking antidepressants after years of depression
I first went on antidepressants when I was 24. At this point, I had suffered from depression for over ten years. Just like when I was 21 and became extremely depressed after finishing university, I went to a dark place…
Why being unemployed caused my depression to get worse
The first time I admitted I was depressed was when I was 21. I’d had depression for most of my life at this point but this was a period where it seriously affected my life. I had finished university, moved…
Uruguay: South America’s sleepiest and safest country
Uruguay is the only country whose English name has the same letter three times in its first five. It is the second smallest South American country after Suriname, named after the Uruguay River, which means ‘river of the painted birds’…