Buses in Bolivia have become something of a joke for me. Through fourteen weeks of travel in this country, I’ve caught more buses than I care to count, and feared for…
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Bolivia Challenges South AmericaBolivia Border Control: That Time I Went to Argentina for Absolutely No Reason
I’m very lucky to carry a British passport. It makes my life wonderfully easy at border crossings around the world – particularly in South America, where I’ve watched numerous Americans being…
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I hadn’t exactly planned to settle down in Sucre. You might not have noticed, but my travels have been slowing down again somewhat since I reached Bolivia. Not to say they’re…
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Challenges General Personal What the hell?Give a Shit? My Most Terrifying Toilet Experiences Around the World
When travelling, you come across a lot of terrible toilets. Some are squats, while others are holes; some are on moving transport or in the middle of nowhere; some come with…
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I have a bit of an affinity for cemeteries. As a child, on my family’s twice-yearly visits to my grandpa’s grave in Somerset, there were three other plots I used to…
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Bolivia Personal Solo Travel South AmericaLa Paz, Bolivia: a City of Cold, Colour and Contradiction
“I don’t believe in the gods, but last night I prayed to them that you would come – and you did! And now I believe in them!” The man’s eyes were…
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Bolivia South America VolunteeringWhat It’s Like to Volunteer at an Artificial Limb Clinic in Bolivia
“Ah, shit! I’ve broken my leg…” Two Bolivian ladies flutter anxiously around me as I attempt to get up from the pavement, my spectacular stumble-and-fall still fresh in my memory. My…
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His name was Francisco, and he’d always lived in the favelas. “I was born in Rocinha,” he told Kay in Portuguese, proudly, “but I built this house eighteen years ago.” The…
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Challenges Colombia Language South America Spanish ChallengeTwo Weeks of Spanish Classes with Nueva Lengua School in Colombia
My first Spanish classes – in Colombia The beginning of September has brought with it the sudden realisation that I’ve been in South America for seven months. Which means I’ve also…
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Accommodation Colombia South AmericaMinca, Colombia: Going Off Grid in a Giant Hammock at Casa Elemento
“Who wants to come and stay at Casa Elemento?!” As soon as Ed whirled his way through the upstairs bar at our Santa Marta hostel, throwing out brown paper business cards…