For the last week I have been doing a lot of soul searching and making some decisions about my life. Being a freelance writer is tough. Working in the most competitive industry for writers is really hard. There is no guaranteed income or regular wage and sometimes you have to wait weeks or even months… Continue Reading…
It was one of the nicest sunrises I had seen. Hues of pink shone across the waves and pink fluffy clouds floated gently in the sky. Being so close to the waters edge, listening to the gently lapping of the waves each night as I drifted off to sleep, I felt incredibly lucky. I had found… Continue Reading…
If you’re thinking of going to Costa Rica, Global Work & Travel helps you to organise volunteering abroad placements in Costa Rica and around the world. Choose from volunteering with sea turtles or sloths and wildlife. Their volunteering and working placements include all the support you need for a life-changing adventure. I had left La… Continue Reading…
If you’re planning on visiting Costa Rica, here’s my experience of hiking Cerro Chato One moment it was there, then in a blink of an eye it was gone, covered in a swirl of thick mist as it sifted over the summit of the volcano leaving nothing but a view of grey cloud. As the… Continue Reading…
“Come, come,” shouted a scrawny man holding a thick piece of rope high for me to climb under at the entrance of what appeared to be a bus station. I picked up my pace knowing that my bus to La Fortuna was soon to depart. He mumbled something in Spanish, which I thought meant,… Continue Reading…
I could feel myself floating in and out of consciousness, as the sound of beating drums grew closer. Was this all a dream? Being at Geo Paradise and wanting to understand more about shamanic rituals, I had decided to take part in an ayahuasca ceremony. I am not usually one for hallucinogenic drugs but a series of serendipities… Continue Reading…
It was the first part of my ‘holiday’ to Panama. After leaving my laptop well and truly at my new home in Colombia, I was disconnected for the first time in months and to be honest, I was actually enjoying the freedom of no emails, no internet and, no checking Facebook. I had travelled to… Continue Reading…
“I remember thinking, ‘What am I doing?’ I had a great husband, I had a great house, I had all this safety — this big safety net — and I’ve just taken myself out of it. Am I doing the right thing? What is this going to lead to? It was really difficult. And there… Continue Reading…
A Date With The Kuna Tribe I could feel the warmth of the sand as it crumbled softly between my toes. Gazing out at a tiny island with one lone palm tree sat on the horizon, I took a deep sign, as the sound of the conche horn gently blew behind me, signalling us for dinner…. Continue Reading…
Can you believe that in all my travels, I have never been to a coffee farm! Even after visiting the coffee region of Salento in Colombia. So being in Central America, I decided to pay a visit to another of the larger coffee exporters – Panama. In fact, according to the Cup Of Excellence coffee… Continue Reading…
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