For the first time on my travels, I didn't complete a volunteering opportunity I had started and committed to. Still, that aside, I had an awesome time and kept up a habit of experiencing new things - I had my first beer on tap in Colombia (this meant a lot), did some religious ritual with... Continue Reading →
12 Days In Guatape
As I write the first draft of this post, I'm sat on a 16-hour night bus north to Santa Marta, Caribbean Coast. Everyone is asleep and the Colombian woman sleeping next to me has her head tilted my direction and is breathing on me; I don't think she brushed her teeth. Lushhh. This is another... Continue Reading →
Two weeks in San Carlos, Antioquia, Colombia
It was really, really hard to leave this place. If an alternate lifestyle is what you're after, it had everything!!! Let me explain; with more photos & videos than usual. Have you ever been to a foreign town where, not a single local speaks your language so you are forced to learn theirs? (Okay that's... Continue Reading →
Four days in Medellin, Colombia
In a nutshell: I flew there, did some stuff, got burnt, drunk and lost, made some friends and an enemy, danced to house music for the first time with a bunch of random Germans and almost lost my most important possessions - all in four days? Yep. The long story: 5th Oct - travel day... Continue Reading →
48 hrs in New York
A few weeks before my break from conventional life, I posted a question on Facebook "what would you do if you only had 24 hours in New York?". Well, I actually booked for two days, but wanted to narrow down only the best options, this is my version of experiences if you had your own... Continue Reading →
Why?
My first post answers a few "why's", in a somewhat chronological order. Now, I feel obliged to discuss a few caveats. The opinions in this blog are (obviously) my own and I completely understand that everyone has different views on how best to spend their lives. I'm going to take a wild assumption that not... Continue Reading →
