Fala galera brasileira! Comecei a aprender português em fevereiro de 2020. Eu estava no hospital depois de quebrar meu braço e perna no México e quando saí depois de 3 meses, minha cidade foi trancada e eu fiquei encarcerado dentro…
This post is being written live. Meaning, I didn’t pre-write this in Google Docs, then edit it, paste it, find some pretty pictures and premeditate everything. This is not curated. Tonight I feel like writing more of a journal entry.…
If you’re like me and can’t get through a morning without a ‘cuppa’ (cup of) coffee, you absolutely must visit the coffee region in Colombia. You may also hear it called ‘the Coffee Triangle’ because it’s located between three cities:…
If you spend time in Medellin, you won’t leave before the locals suggest that you visit the picturesque town of Guatape and the huge rock of El Peñol. It’s possible to take a day tour with one of the operators…
366 days ago, my life was unrecognisable. In the last article I wrote, I was a happy Australian backpacker living in Mexico telling tales about my spectacular month gallivanting around Colombia scuba diving and dancing salsa. but a year ago…
Exactly one year ago, my whole future changed. In this exact minute one year ago, at 4.30pm on the 25th August 2018, I was lying on the road with my elbow hanging out of my arm, unable to breathe, waiting…
Today marks a month since I arrived back in Mexico after my long-awaited trip to Colombia. I started my journey feeling conflicted about my blogging: I wanted to document my trip day by day for you all to follow, but…
Cartagena is the top tourist destination in Colombia, and perhaps only second in South America to Machu Picchu. Second to Christmas, Easter is the top week for tourists in any tourist destination, so the fact that I had booked for…
Sitting on a tiny boat, hanging my tanned hand over the edge to submerge in the warm crystalline waters as I headed towards an island 15 minutes of San Andres that was no bigger than a street, I realised my…
I write this post in a mad hurry in my final few days in Mexico before my big trip to Colombia. I have been living a somewhat half-life here since my bike accident, recovering my elbow and attempting to make…
I started learning Spanish from zero in April of 2016, and within 9 months I was having two-hour phone conversations. Fast forward 2.5 years, my working language is Spanish, I teach ESL in Spanish, plus tutoring Spanish to English speakers.…
Entering a new year, I remember where I was a year ago, excited and nervous about how different my life was going to look one year from then. I was not wrong – life has taken me for a ride,…
Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead in Mexico is not the typical halloween tradition that we all come to know in western society. Halloween is usually celebrated across the world with scary stories, wicked costumes and children running…
Preparing for my several-month long trip, I knew that I would likely hurt myself. I’m so physically uncoordinated and have a tendency to choose dangerous activities as my entertainment of choice, so a bone break, ligament tear or sprained muscle…
I arrived in the Caribbean coast of Mexico three months ago, excited to go scuba diving in Playa del Carmen. My plan was to settle in to a comfy Airbnb apartment for five weeks and study a rescue and Divemaster…
I am sitting in the living room, computer on my lap and lights dimmed. The warm breeze blows through the curtains and the sound of the sensual Latin rumba band playing live in a restaurant downstairs wafts up to my…