It is a lifetime since our last post, and I feel like a different person. So much has changed since our epic backpacking trip around South America. Our last blog was written in a tiny apartment in Boulder, Colorado; right … Continue reading
If there’s one thing spending this year travelling has taught me, it’s how lucky I am to come from New Zealand. Not America, not the UK, not even Australia, but tiny wee Aotearoa at the bottom of the world. We’re … Continue reading
Seven countries. 16,500 kilometres of overland busses. Countless ancient ruins, incredible landscapes and strange, unique wildlife. A few seriously big nights out, a fair bit of food poisoning and a heap of cheap hostels. The last six months in South … Continue reading
Meeting Mariano, a local Colombian, and moving into his hostel/home in the mountains was one of the best things that could have happened to us in Medellin. Upon our first meeting, Mariano declared that he was going to adopt us … Continue reading
After freeing ourselves from the clutches of Amazonian heat and humidity, we were on a mission to find something even rarer than river otters. We had received word that the mountains near Quito harboured something that on this continent was … Continue reading
Joel put this round-up together while I organised our flights for the next leg of our journey. All is to be revealed soon! To say we feel a great sense of privilege is an understatement – our fifth month of … Continue reading
In a most upsetting travel moment, our camera gave up the ghost exactly halfway through our time in the Amazon, so we had to make do with some borrowed shots and a handful of short videos taken on a backup … Continue reading
In the Amazon, the air feels different. Rich, thick, heavy; every breath tastes like a mouthful of pure oxygen. This was the first thing I noticed as we launched our canoe from Coca, a bustling town deep in the Ecuadorian … Continue reading
After nearly three weeks in the Galapagos, it would be hard not to get inspired by the beauty and resilience of the natural world here. The wildlife acts like humans are nothing more than annoying paparazzi, often venturing closer with … Continue reading
On my run this morning, I saw a sea lion giving birth to a tiny pup. Birds with blue feet looked on from a rocky volcanic outcrop, and on my way back to our hostel I almost stepped on three … Continue reading
Journeys in my jandals 