Places To Visit
Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam: A Mini Travel Guide
We were lazing about in Kep, Cambodia wondering how we should attack the next leg of our trip into Vietnam. We could catch a long haul bus to Ho Chi Minh, but we were growing pretty tired of long, sweaty bus rides by that stage of our 12 month trip. Instead, we decided to do a ...
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Making Sense Of Montevideo – Uruguay’s Cool Capital
When we planned our 5 month trip around South America, we had only really considered Colombia, Argentina and Chile as our destinations of choice. But when we found out that Uruguay was just a quick 2 hour ferry ride over from Buenos Aires, we jumped at the opportunity to spontaneously visit another country. We first ...
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Crossing the River to Uruguay – A Trip From Buenos Aires to Colonia
The Río de la Plata separates the sprawling city of Buenos Aires in Argentina and the quaint city of Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. There are just 28 nautical miles between these two destinations, yet, they feel worlds apart. In the large and chaotic city of Buenos Aires, our taxi barreled down a 12 lane highway (yes, 12 ...
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A Mini-Guide to Travelling Cambodia
With a history that is both horrifying and glorious in equal measure, Cambodia is a country that will live long in the memory of anyone that visits this Southeast Asian gem. Thanks mainly to its friendly, generous and genuine people, you’ll find a country that is accepting the decades of brutality, bloodshed and poverty whilst ...
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Captivating Cartagena – Too Touristy or Justifiably Popular?
“Cartagena is nice, but way too touristy.” This is what we kept hearing for the 5 weeks of travelling around Colombia before finally making our way to the seaside colonial town of Cartagena. Because we typically love off-track destinations, this not-so-flattering description had our hopes low for Colombia’s prized tourist town. Our flight landed at ...
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Costeño Beach Paradise – The Alternative Tayrona National Park Experience
After our long (and difficult) trek to the Lost City, we came down from the mountain and had our driver drop us off at Costeño Beach. This is where we planned to visit the famous Tayrona National Park, but we were doing things a little bit differently than most travellers who visit this part of Colombia. ...
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