Since Steph loves getting up super early in the morning we booked a 6:30am ticket out of Ushuaia to Punta Arenas in Chile. The truth was you could only get tickets for the bus on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and…
An Argentine Inauguration
Our first task upon arriving in Buenos Aries was exchanging our money. Normally we would order currency ahead of time, but in Argentina there is an official rate and the Blue Dollar rate. Few visitors to Argentina are foolish enough…
Diving Santa Cruz – Galapagos
When it comes to diving, Galapagos is not the colourful coral jungle that you will find in the Great Barrier Reef, but it gives you the opportunity to swim with bigger creatures than just a couple of fish. The two…
Getting to The Galapagos on a Budget
For many of us the Galapagos Islands have always been a destination beyond our reach, a place that would only exist in the glossy pages of our parent’s National Geographics collecting dust on the bookshelf. This perception stayed strong for…
Things To Consider When Picking Anti Malaria Medication
This post was originally written during my travels through Africa, but the advice can apply to any Malaria Zone. Trying to decide what to do about Malaria medication was without a doubt one of the more stressful parts of…
Have a Look in Havelock
After spending a few days biking from beach to beach around Neil Island we were ready for a change and headed to port to buy our ferry passage to Havelock Island. Naturally getting anywhere in India is never an…
Discovering the Andaman Islands
When people think of beautiful beach time in India the state of Goa is usually what comes to mind, but for those of you who aren’t into walking past daily yoga classes on the beach, fighting for a prime spot…
Getting Around India – Transportation Travesties
Getting from point A to point B in India is often half the experience. It’s partly because of the awe- inspiring tableaus of everyday life that sweep past your eyes as you look through the window. Men working in rice…
When a Man Comes a Knocking – A Story of Dealing With the Unwanted Attention of an Indian Man
We hadn’t expected the knock at the door. It was 4pm and I had just woken up from an almost two hour long nap, my solution to the afternoon heat in Kollam. I was puzzled as to whom it…
Welcome to the Backwaters of Kerala
When we decided to focus our trip to India on the South rather than the North one of the must do activities we both agreed on was renting a houseboat on the backwaters of Kerala. Houseboats aren’t expensive relative to…