Solo travel doesn’t have to mean flying to the other end of the world for 6 months. My first stint abroad lasted a week. The second? Three months, until gradually I built it up to over a year. Finding the traveller’s mindset is easy and you can begin with just baby steps. Find out more… Continue Reading…
For the first time in my life, I have lost count of the time I have been somewhere. Has it been 2 months, 10 weeks or possibly even longer? All I know is that since I have been living in Medellín, my life has been a blur; a whirlwind of events that I know I… Continue Reading…
I listened as the rumbling grew closer, then the rain began to pour, hitting the palm trees and bouncing onto the garden below. I was all alone on a Colombian mountain with only a cat for company and as the sound of thunder exploded across the sky, I found myself wishing… that I had gone… Continue Reading…
It was once the most dangerous city in the world and it was only 12 years ago that no tourists dared to come here, now in June 2014, I have decided to make this Colombian city my home. Am I mad? Probably. Parts of Colombia (see my previous post on Bogota) are still out of… Continue Reading…
Teaching English to Buddhist Nuns I feel the hot liquid as it runs down the back of my throat and wait for the calming effect of the jasmine tea to take control of my anxious body. I take a peek behind the curtain. Buddhist nuns sit cross-legged on the floor waiting for their English teacher…. Continue Reading…
‘Mongolia?’ people had said when I told them that I was going there for a month. ‘Where’s that?’ Before I left home it had got me thinking: why was I going to Mongolia? Such an unusual destination to decide to live and work but I was drawn by the fascination of this unfamiliar place, to a… Continue Reading…
‘Don’t tread on the manholes,’ said Sumi, my supervisor. ‘Why?’ I asked, wondering why she was so superstitious. ‘A volunteer fell down one and got stuck.’ Great!
Today I had my first hot shower in 4 days. Apparently this is a recurring problem in Mongolia (in Ullaanbator where there is hot water), homes can go for weeks with no hot water. The water is too cold to even shower, so technically this is actually my first shower in 4 days. ‘But I start… Continue Reading…
Only 1 more day to go until I fly! First stop: China to trek the Great Wall for the Samaritans, then I’m off to Mongolia to work at Star TV – an English TV station which specialises in news and entertainment. I could find myself interviewing someone from Mongolias Got Talent or Mongolian XFactor –… Continue Reading…
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