Escape the Northern Hemisphere and head to the summer delights of the Southern Hemisphere in South America at the end of the year. All eyes are focussed on the Latin Continent for the World Cup this year and its native countries are pulling out all the stops to ensure...
2013. Despite my previous post that shared how I felt in the last few months of 2013, I do have to say that the year had some great moments, perhaps more to the first half of the year. But setting that aside, 2013 was the year of photography for me. Or specifically,...
Over the last two years, I have been travelled around the world, marvelling at new cultures, getting stuck in high adrenaline activities, scoffing my face with different types of cuisines with such gusto and walking through history in iconic cities. However, I know...
Since I’ve stayed in many hostels in my 2012 Travels, 51 to be precise, I like to think I know what I am looking for in a hostel. What makes a good hostel or a bad hostel. I even listed the best hostels in SE Asia a while ago. So when I went to go to South...
14th – 15th February 2013 Happy Valentine’s Day! Mwah, mwah, mwah. I wish life had some love for me that day. Especially after my speedo wearing antics. It seemed that sod’s law was at full force here today. Checking out of the hostel, I...
13th February 2013 After my Favela Tour of the day, I spied a huge opportunity. A HUGE one that is. We got dropped off in Copacabana Beach. Despite many successful attempts by Dave and Austin of TwoBadTourists to stop me buying a pair of speedos and strutting...
13th February 2013 One of the things I definitely wanted to do while I was in Rio is do a Favela Tour. What is a Favela? Well, a Favela is a shantytown or slum that resides on hillsides on public and private property and are also considered illegal. However, so...
12th February 2013 Every year at this time, the best place to party indeed has to be Rio. It’s not just confined to one building, oh no. But the WHOLE City, taking place over 5 days. Phew, that’s a lot of partying! But we needed to have a big...
12th February 2013 Feeling suitably suntanned from our day at Ipanema Beach yesterday, we were ready to do another cultural icon of Rio. We’ve already done the Lapa Steps so…..this means the big guy. Yes, the big guy. I’m sure...
11th February 2013 After another night of partying at Lapa and Ipanema Beach in the evening last night, Auston, Dave and I duly returned to Ipanema Beach the next day to get some much-needed sun. After all, I’m in Rio and I still look like Casper the...
