As well as the families poor treatment of the dogs, the thieving habits of Carlos continued for the whole time that we were living there, and he was like a magpie in terms of the useless shit that he would…
My Ecuador animal rescue centre diaries Vol 2
Let’s continue our wander through the animals of the rescue centre, starting with the creatures that I found the most menacing and that was the parrots. I genuinely found the parrots to be more fucked up than the capuchins at…
My Ecuador animal rescue centre diaries Vol 1
I was about ten years old when I made the discovery that animals weren’t all they seemed in pictures and in stories. I used to beg my parents to take me to the zoo at every opportunity as watching animal…
Why should we care about the Amazon rainforest?
As the Amazon rainforest burns I thought I would elaborate on the ecosystem that supports us as well as many incredible animals. I have seen the Amazon described by the National Geographic as ‘an incubator of life’ and having lived…
The ruins and mountains of Huaraz
Steph and I moved up North to Huaraz, which is the gateway city for the Cordillera Huayhuash mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is widely believed to be one of the best trekking locations in the world. The twenty mountains bound…
What’s it like to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu?
When I wrote this chapter on my phone it autocorrected to ‘Macchiato Picchu’. This says it all really, as the service you get on the Inca Trail trek is amazing. Your food is cooked, tents unpacked and essentially all you…