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Snapshot – Tequila

July 28, 2010

In honour of International Tequila Day. ¡salud y pesetas!

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Snapshot – Machu Picchu

July 11, 2010

Early June morning at macchu Pichu, Peru. Cheap labour employed to take care of the grass.

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Snapshot – Lake Titicaca

June 27, 2010

Chilly July morning in Copacabana, just before a cruise around the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca.

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Don’t hang out in San Jose Allegedly there are some nice areas and cool sights in San Jose. I wouldn’t know because I was too busy trying to fend off muggers, not step on heroin shooting junkies on the sidewalk, all while pretending not to look at the hookers literally earning their money in the [...]

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How not to lose a kidney in Mexico

May 23, 2010

“Welcome to Mexico City. There are 5 rules you most obey to make this a memorable visit for you. Uno: You will be at your hostel soon, because I drive fast. Muy fast. But you cannot make any Speedy Gonzales jokes. I mean this. The last man to break this rule lost a kidney. Dos: [...]

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Road tripping Northern Thailand

May 4, 2010

A last minute road trip I couldn’t refuse. Jeff from Have Pack, Will Travel had a just over a week in Thailand, visiting the northern city of Chiang Mai – a place I hadn’t been to in my previous trips to Thailand. He was gracious enough to invite me to tag along. I rarely need [...]

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The Backpacker Cliques

March 29, 2010

Backpackers sometimes get a bad rap. We’re considered lazy, dirty bed bug riddled floozies that fill up all the seats on the chicken bus with our backpacks, float between tourist slums so we can drink cheap beer and tick off another place on our itineraries. We’re called cheapskates; spending as little money as possible to delay having to go back to the real world and do real things, like getting a job.

And it’s sort of true.

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Australia’s Hottest Travel Destination

January 24, 2010

Over 15,000 people can’t be wrong.

That’s the number of holiday makers that have attempted to reach Australia by boat in the past few years.
Most never make it to the mainland, instead their short detour to Christmas Island turns into a permanent stop over. But can you blame them? Christmas Island has it all.

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A night in the Djemaa el Fna

November 2, 2009

The square of Djemaa el Fna sprawls out haphazardly, a big area that early on in the day can seem a bit vacant, but fills up completely come nightfall. At one end of the square there are restaurants and cafes, At the other -beginning of the Souqs, and if you venture that way can see the fine art of selling in overdrive as storemen press T-shirts and jewellery into your hands.

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