Hopes and fears for long-term travel: Miami, Nicaragua and Colombia
“I must be more nervous about this trip than I thought.” That’s what’s going through my mind at 3am this morning. I’m wide awake, random thoughts churning through my head. I only do this when I’m worried about something. Normally me and sleep are very happy bedtime buddies. Tomorrow I travel to Miami, the start […]
Top 3 tips for language learning, without going to class
How do you go about learning a new language, when you have the kind of job that doesn’t allow you to get to night school every Tuesday at 6pm? That’s the question I asked myself when preparing for my first ever career break trip to South America. Here I share my top three tips for language learning: how I’ve gathered […]
Not Machu Picchu again!? Here’s three more Peru UNESCO sites you should visit
Peru has a whole lot more going for it than Machu Picchu. Here are three more Peru UNESCO sites you should visit: watch a knitting extravaganza, fly above an astronaut, and see a mummy frozen in time! 1. Textiles on the Island of Taquile, Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca borders both Peru and Bolivia, high in […]