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…
I’ve had the nuns throwing a rubber pig to each other, running around the room, standing up and sitting down and clapping and singing. Seriously these nuns will do anything to learn English!
I’ve had the nuns throwing a rubber pig to each other, running around the room, standing up and sitting down and clapping and singing. Seriously these nuns will do anything to learn English!
It’s official – nuns and monks are living in the Twentyfirst century and like us, are slaves to technology. They own mobile phones, use the internet, and even have Facebook accounts. They eat meat, drink coffee and eat super noodles and even have my favourite chocolate spread! So much for a month of purity.
‘Sing us a song Miss.’ I racked my brains. ‘Do you know Justin Beber?’ one asked. I was startled that Justin Beber had made it as far as a monastery in Nepal. Of course I knew who he was but I couldn’t recite one of his songs. But I did know Britney Spears, another American… Continue Reading…
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. My audience is waiting patiently…. 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…
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