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I sent out an eNewsletter last week with some exciting news: I’m going back to Colombia! Friends and family have been asking me a lot lately, “Will you go back to Colombia?” and my answer is always: “Yes, of course!” I just didn’t know when….
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Living and travelling abroad means different things to different people. For some, it’s a pilgrimage, an adventure, for others it’s a calling and an unexplained yearning to reach a distant part of the world, where people speak an unfamiliar language and move to a different…
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Eggs benny is on the menu for breakfast and the waitress with the soft voice and Italian accent comes over to place the meal in front of me, along with a hot chocolate with two marshmallows on the side. “Enjoy,” she says with a hurried…
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“The next time we come stand up paddle boarding, we’re going to have to make more of an effort to look sexy,” I called out to my boyfriend, wearing a life jacket, an oversized t-shirt and a pair of shorts I’d just bought from a…
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Flipping through the pages of a guide book in 2006 was enough incentive for me to buckle down and save for my first trip abroad. I was 21 and wanted to throw a backpack over my shoulders, walk down unknown streets and marvel at the…
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When I saw a six-year-old girl jump off a cliff and across the highest zipline in South America, it really put things into perspective for me. I thought, if this little girl can do it without much of a scream surely I can, too, right?…
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The Colombian export commission and tourism board, ProExport, created an entire campaign around the fear of travelling to Colombia. “The only risk is wanting to stay” the catchphrase charmed. The campaign featured some of Colombia’s favourite sports stars, musical talents and literary greats, including Camilo…
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It was about 5 months into my stay in Bogota that I realised living in Colombia and travelling through Colombia are two very different things. Travelling through Colombia means you generally see most of the best bits. You pass from city to city, beach to…
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Leer este artículo en español I’m going to let you in on a bit of a secret ladies – Colombia is calling. Being a single female and deciding to travel Colombia alone was definitely one of the scariest things I’ve ever done, but also one of the most fun….
Continue readingWe didn’t know it was a gay hotel until we arrived, and even then it took us a couple of days until we knew for sure. My friend Phoebe and I hadn’t seen each other for about 6 months. I was living in Colombia at…
Continue readingJust the other day I had a conversation with a friend about starting over. About selling up and living abroad, about what it’s like to quit your job, pack up your life and move to the other side of the world. I’ve done that twice…
Continue readingI received an email the other day from a friend in Australia who said something along the lines of… I want to be near you so your amazing “go get it” attitude can rub off on me! I’ve had enough of my job and I…
Continue readingSometimes, the easiest way to find your way in a new city, or a new country, is to get in touch with people you know who are already there. If you’re lucky, you can sleep on their couch, or spare room (luxury!) and have a…
Continue readingSo, for a beach bum like myself, the weather can have a serious affect on my outlook on life. No sun? No reason to get out of bed. Right? Well OK, I’m not quite THAT dramatic. Although other people might tell you otherwise. In any…
Continue readingWhen I arrived in Bogotá for the first time and walked my backpack to a car that was waiting for me at the airport, I thought I was going to collapse. When I arrived at my destination and tried to walk up two flights of…
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