The first cigar I ever smoked was when I was studying abroad in Florence. My friend Kath had been given one as a gift, so we lit it up along with…
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Have you ever been on a Colombian coffee farm tour? I’ve been battling an obsession with coffee for a long time. Despite adoring the taste, the caffeine buzz, and the resulting…
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When you think of wine and South America, Bolivia doesn’t immediately spring to mind. The country isn’t exactly famed for its wining and dining expertise – unless you head to Tarija,…
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Brazil Personal South America VolunteeringCommunity, Compromise and Hard Work: Back to Basics in the Brazilian Jungle
The late afternoon sun was strong as I clambered across the gleaming white peaks of the kitchen hut roof, paintbrush in hand. It already looked like I was standing on top…
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Life moves differently in the Ecuador Amazon. We’d been out on a day’s hike through the rainforest to reach a secluded waterfall, unexpectedly accompanied by a young Ecuadorian girl who’d been…
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Mama is watching the hole for red ants, chewing on a lump of betel nut. She bends down to try a lift a log, buried upright, deep in the ground. She…
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I arrived in Thailand at 7am after 12 hours in transit from India, via a brief stint in Colombo’s departure gate corridors, which offered me some very welcomed free wifi. As…