Category: Culture

Calling At Telefon📞Bay, Deception Island⚫⚪, Antarctica🇦🇶: “It’s Black; It’s White”

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The Antarctica trip just kept getting better and bizarrier (that’s probably not even a real word, but it will do) and more diverse. After a fun filled morning which involved steering our boat through the narrow “Neptunes Bellows” (the slim entrance into the centre of the “C” shaped Deception Island), docking at Whaler’s Bay, seeing Read more about Calling At Telefon📞Bay, Deception Island⚫⚪, Antarctica🇦🇶: “It’s Black; It’s White”[…]

Backpacking in Bolivia: Potosi to Uyuni By Bus

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I made a habit of getting night buses while in Bolivia. Not only does it save time travelling between places, but it also saves a night’s accomodation, which to be fair, in Uyuni is hardly going to be a big deal, it costs about 2 pounds a night for a bed. Potosi is the world’s Read more about Backpacking in Bolivia: Potosi to Uyuni By Bus[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Galway Irish Pub – The World’s Southern Most Irish Pub Number 1

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I’ve been to a fair few Irish Pubs it would be fair to say. I like them – it’s probably the only part of my culture that is global and has a positive reputation. A lot of my fellow countrymen seem to like avoiding them for some reason and I’ll never understand that – at Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Galway Irish Pub – The World’s Southern Most Irish Pub Number 1[…]

Diego Maradona, Hand of God: My Trip To La Bombonera, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Right then – Diego Maradona – easily my favourite ever non-British footballer. Fact. The Argentinian superstar, a small, arrogant kid from the streets of Buenos Aires who set the world alight with his amazing dribbles. You’d be hard pressed to ever find a better footballer for his height. He was quite simply the best player Read more about Diego Maradona, Hand of God: My Trip To La Bombonera, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina[…]

A Slow Bus To Cuzco

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It was a funny old day and in the end a well worthwhile trip. Morning began for me with a 6am start in Loki Hostel, La Paz. This meant I would miss the free breakfast that day, as it doesn’t start until 7am. I got a sharp taxi ordered from hostel to bus station (I Read more about A Slow Bus To Cuzco[…]

Rural Paraguay By Bus

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This was one of the surprises of my recent travels. Not expecting much from Paraguay and actually using it as a mere stepping stone to get from Uruguay to Argentina to Brazil and then onwards to Bolivia. Somehow sandwiched Paraguay threw up some interesting experiences, none more so than this special bus journey as the Read more about Rural Paraguay By Bus[…]

Almost A Real Zebra Crossing: The Wittiness of La Paz, Bolivia

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La Paz in Bolivia has some character and originality, I’ll give it that. This particular act of comedy, is pure genius, and to be honest I am surprised locals and travellers alike walk past with flinching an eye lid. It certainly had me in stitches.   OK, so here’s the deal – in the UK Read more about Almost A Real Zebra Crossing: The Wittiness of La Paz, Bolivia[…]

Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Neptune’s Window, Deception Island

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It’s not the same sort of “window” we are used to, but this particular landmark was another of those amazing experiences on the world’s coldest continent Antarctica.   The walk from the main bay at Whaler’s Bay was cold and windy, but the air was so fresh. I walked with Russell, Rodrigo and Craig.   Read more about Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Neptune’s Window, Deception Island[…]

Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Whaler’s Bay, Deception Island🐋

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Position – 62o 59’S/60o 34′ W Location – Whaler’s Bay, Port Foster, Deception Island, ANTARCTICA Temperature – Baltic Wind – Strong and severe Weather Conditions – Cold, windy, dry Date – Friday 12th November 2010 Time – 9.02 am An active volcano, a magical island and an ex whaling station lay in store for us Read more about Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Whaler’s Bay, Deception Island🐋[…]

All alone in the Antarctica mainland - a wonderland of snow at Neko Harbour

Snowdiving At Neko Harbour: The Actual Antarctica🇦🇶Continent Landing!

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I did it. It wasn’t all a dream. It was something I concocted on a sober month spent endlessly working on a broccoli farm in the Tasmanian wilderness during Spring 2010. Life had taken me to lonely Poatina for whatever reason, and while days on the farm were long and hard and I had no Read more about Snowdiving At Neko Harbour: The Actual Antarctica🇦🇶Continent Landing![…]