30th October 2023 - Kuranda Scenic Railway
If you’re into trains then this rickety journey is a perfect day trip for you. The route takes you from Cairns to Kuranda and is a beautiful scenic ride with...
Daily Update
29th October 2023 - Relax in Port Douglas
A bit more of a chilled day today. We hung out by the beach which was like being in a nice warm wave pool.
28th October 2023 - Hartleys Crocodile Adventures
We spent the day at Hartleys Crocodile Adventures. Personally I’m not sure what I think about this place, I guess I don’t know enough to make a judgement cal...
27th October 2023 - Daintree Rainforest
Today was a trip into the Daintree which is about a 2 hour drive from port Douglas, across the ferry and to the top of the Daintree which is Cape Tribulation...
26th October 2023 - Port Douglas
We had a fantastic brunch in Cairns. I wish I could remember the name of the place but they were really nice and I would definetly recommend. Next time we vi...
27th August 2018 - Tahoe Lake, Nevada, USA
Another long drive day as we are heading down south to make it to yosemite but we managed to stop at Lake Tahoe on the way. Lake Tahoe is huge and we ended u...
26th August 2018 - Salmon River, Washington, USA
We had a long drive today to get as south as possible to get closer to Yosemite. We did manage to get a mornings White Water Rafting in down Salmon River. Be...
25th August 2018 - Portland, Oregon, USA
One of my best friends from Uni moved to Portland with her job and after not seeing her for literally ages I got to see Frankie today!! It felt so surreal ju...
24th August 2018 - Portland, Oregon, USA
This was one of my favourite days, we went to the ‘Future of Flight’ museum and although the musuem itself wasn’t overwhelming the tour of the factory was th...
23rd August 2018 - Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
I have to say, I thought the Olympic National Park was going to be a huge stadium, I was quite surprised when we arrived and it was similiar to the other Nat...
22nd August 2018 - Seattle, Washington, USA
We never actually stayed in Seattle but we a couple of nights near the city. The traffic getting around Seattle was horrendous, it’s not something I would wa...
21st August 2018 - Spokane, Washington, USA
On our way to Washington we stopped at a beautiful spot at Couer d’Alene and did a small hike through the forest and had a quick dip in the lake. When we mad...
20th August 2018 - Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
It was a long way to get to the park so we only spent a couple of hours there. The park is also having issues with fires so part of it is closed off. We head...
19th August 2018 - Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA
Day 2 in Yellowstone and today we started with a hike through Lamar Valley in the hope to find wolves and maybe bears (at a distance of course). The valley w...
18th August 2018 - Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA
We were still recovering from the hike the day before so we decided to do the South side of Yellowstone by car with a few pitstops. The park is full of geyse...
17th August 2018 - Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
Grand Teton National Park is beautiful with so many hiking options. We chose an 8 mile (ish) hike around Phelps lake, it was gorgeous. A little difficult on ...
16th August 2018 - Teton, Wyoming, USA
A long day driving to get to Teton in preparation to visit the National Park the following day. It wasn’t all bad though, we made sure we passed Big Cottenwo...
15th August 2018 - Beaver, Utah, USA
The Grand Canyon, Bloody huge!! We headed straight to the visitor centre and stopped at Mather point view site and it was, of course, spectacular. We then st...
14th August 2018 - Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
The Hoover Dam is an amazing piece of engineering. The construction of the Dam itself solved many problems but during its build many innovative solutions wer...
13th August 2018 - Boulder City, Nevada, USA
We could not get enough of gambling so decided to hit the roulette tables after breakfast but our winning streak came to an end sow e stopped whilst we were ...
12th August 2018 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Again, we chilled during the day. Then myself and Joe went to see Cirque de Soleil - Mystere and I have to say I was extremely underwhelmed. There was a lot ...
11th August 2018 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Our first full day in Vegas and we didn’t even gamble. We did meet up with our good friend Parki and just relax by the pool.
10th August 2018 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
6 months in South and Central America and our trip has come to an end!! Now for a roadtrip around the states.
9th August 2018 - Mexico City, Mexico
Our last day enjoying Mexico City and we booked a trip to see the pyramids. We arrived at the information centre first and we got to try some Tequila, this w...
8th August 2018 - Mexico City, Mexico
We walked quite a distance today. We started the day with a free walking tour around Mexico City. The first thing we noticed was how slanty most of the build...
7th August 2018 - Mexico City, Mexico
A pretty boring day just travelling from Cancun to Mexico City.
6th August 2018 - Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Whale sharks. It was so cool! From Isla Mujeres we swam with these gigantic creatures. It was such a brilliant and surreal experience.
5th August 2018 - Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Nothing exciting today. We had some major issues with flights being cancelled not getting our credits and problems rebooking, blah blah blah. We did get a fe...
4th August 2018 - Cancun, Mexico
After a long night travelling with multiple interruptions it had to be a day by the pool and relaxing.
3rd August 2018 - Caye Caulker, Belize
We missed diving so much we just had to have another go but this time in Belice. The dive was pretty impressive we saw soo many nurse sharks, a caribbean ree...
2nd August 2018 - Caye Caulker, Belize
A lovely day at Caye Caulker, not doing much but having a wander round. Caye Caulker is a quite small and cute island, perfect for just chilling. We organise...
1st August 2018 - Caye Caulker, Belize
An early start for a travel day from Flores, Guatemala to Caye Caulker in Belize. After not being picked up and having to race to catch up with the bus and t...
31st July 2018 - Flores, Guatemala
In the afternoon we visited the ancient Mayan site of Tikal. It’s an amazing place with multiple temples still standing tall. Visiting the ruins was amazing ...
30th July 2018 - Flores, Guatemala
It took 18 hours of travelling to get from Utila, Honduras to Flores, Guatemala. Needless to say we arrived very tired. The original plan was not to go strai...
29th July 2018 - Utila, Honduras
There haven’t been any updates for awhile and that’s because we have been relaxing in Utila. Well, not just relaxing! We have been diving!! For the last 10 d...
16th July 2018 - Rio Dulce, Guatemala
A 5 hour travel day turned into a ten hour travel day and a direct bus turned into two buses. By now we should have expected that.
15th July 2018 - Lake Atitlan, San Pedro, Guatemala
It was the football World Cup final today so we obviously had to sit and watch that. After the game we headed to the edge of the lake where the water was cle...
14th July 2018 - Antigua, Guatemala
Yesterday we set off on our adventure to Acatenango Volcano and spent the day hiking. It was a difficult uphill hike but it was nothing dissimilar to anythin...
12th July 2018 - Antigua, Guatemala
A day of getting to know Antigua. We spent about 2 hours wandering around visiting the ruins and lookout points. Antigua is beautiful and there’s so much to ...
11th July 2018 - Antigua, Guatemala
We flew from San Salvador to Guatemala City but decided to head straight to Antigua. We arrived in Antigua late morning and went straight to watch the footba...
10th July 2018 - Santa Ana, El Salvador
Our second hike up to the top of a Volcano. I would definitely recommend this hike, it wasn’t too difficult and the views at the top were amazing. Throughout...
9th July 2018 - Santa Ana, El Salvador
A big travel day, from San Jose, Costa Rica to Santa Ana, El Salvador. When we set off for El Salvador our intention was to stay in the city San Salvador and...
8th July 2018 - La Fortuna, Costa Rica
We needed to head to San Jose to catch a flight to Guatemala with a layover in El Salvador for a couple of nights. However, it wasn’t as easy as it may sound...
7th July 2018 - La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The morning was spent, well you guessed it, watching the England game and the afternoon was spent walking around the Observatory lodge. The weather wasn’t to...
6th July 2018 - Monteverde, Costa Rica
The Cloud Forest is one of the main highlights in Monteverde so we started the day early and went there for a relaxing walk. The hike took about 3 hours and ...
5th July 2018 - Monteverde, Costa Rica
We finally made it to Monteverde, half a day later than expected. So far Monteverde was definitely worth a vist. We arrived and it was raining so it was advi...
4th July 2018 - Puntarenas, Costa Rica
So today we screwed up really, our original plan was to travel from Montezuma to Monteverde for the full day. However, we thought this would be possible even...
3rd July 2018 - Montezuma, Costa Rica
As it was the England gane we decided to spend the day relaxing around Montezuma and watching the football. It was England vs Colombia and as we spent the wh...
2nd July 2018 - Montezuma, Costa Rica
Today we started a nice relaxing walk to the waterfalls in Montezuma, or so we thought. The walk ended up being quite treacherous with seriously steep, slipp...
1st July 2018 - San Jose, Costa Rica
Another free walking tour but this time around San Jose. It was interesting going around the city, there are some strange looking historical buildings and be...
30th June 2018 - Panama to Costa Rica
An early morning to spend the full day travelling. First a flight from Panama City to David (Panama). Then a bus from David to San Jose (Costa Rica), eventua...
29th June 2018 - Panama City
We travelled into Panama City from Colombia and knowing we only had one day here we tried to pack in as much as possible. For me the highlight was witnessing...
28th June 2018 - Cartagena, Colombia
Our final day in Colombia was spent wandering around Cartagena getting to know the place. I quite liked cartagena, it is one of the prettier cities we have b...
26th June 2018 - Cartagena, Colombia
One of main attractions in Santa Marta is Parque Tayrona so we headed there for a short hike but mainly for the beaches. Yes, they make you work to get to th...
25th June 2018 - Santa Marta, Colombia
One of main attractions in Santa Marta is Parque Tayrona so we headed there for a short hike but mainly for the beaches. Yes, they make you work to get to th...
24th June 2018 - Santa Marta, Colombia
We arrived in Santa Marta in the evening so just went out quickly for some food. The centre of Santa Marta was quite cool. There is one main street which is ...
24th June 2018 - Medellin, Colombia
Colombia played Poland in the world cup today. We headed to a Plaza where it was filled with lively people. Colombia beat Poland and the whole place was ecst...
23rd June 2018 - Medellin, Colombia
Back to Medellin and obviously we had to take the cable cars. So we did up to Arvi park which was a nice and scenic place to relax and wander around.
22nd June 2018 - Guatape, Colombia
The morning was spent on a walking tour around Guatape where we learned a lot about the town. It was interesting to hear about the zocalos which are drawings...
21st June 2018 - Guatape, Colombia
Onwards to Guatape and on arrival we went to Pablo Escobars mansion on the river. Pablo Escobar was a drug lord in Colombia. His mansion is completely worn d...
20th June 2018 - Medellin, Colombia
First proper day in Medellin and we decided to the walking tour around the downtown area. It was quite interesting but very long. Medellin itself is a great ...
19th June 2018 - Salento, Colombia
Today we travelled to Medellin (Colombia) but before we did the 7 hour windy drive from Salento we headed for a tour of a coffee plantation. We learned about...
18th June 2018 - Salento, Colombia
Joe had quite an easy day today as he decided to have a lie in and spend the day watching the football. I ended up doing a 5 hour hike through Valle de Cocor...
17th June 2018 - Cali, Colombia
We started the day with a hike up to the three crosses. The path was full of locals doing their excercise regime. Its a fairly difficult 1 hour hike up but t...
16th June 2018 - Cali, Colombia
After a late evening we also had a late morning and the first thing we did was go for some food. That’s when we discovered juices but with milk rather than w...
15th June 2018 - Ecuador to Colombia
Today we set off early to cross the border from Ecuador into Colombia, Quito to Cali. The flights and direct buses were so expensive so we decided to get bus...
14th June 2018 - Quito, Ecuador
Our final day in Quito and we spent most of the time trying to work out the best way to get into Colombia from Ecuador. We did, however, go visit the oldest ...
13th June 2018 - Quito, Ecuador
It’s been a while since our last daily post but we have had limited internet and laziness on our side. After Mancora (Peru) we headed to Montanita (Ecuador) ...
28th May 2018 - Mancora, Peru
Our last day in Mancora before we hopped onto a night bus through the border to Montanita in Ecuador. We didn’t really make the most of Mancora as we didn’t ...
28th May 2018 - Mancora, Peru
Our last day in Mancora before we hopped onto a night bus through the border to Montanita in Ecuador. We didn’t really make the most of Mancora as we didn’t ...
27th May 2018 - Mancora, Peru - Swimming with the turtles
We made our way to El Nuro to swim with the turtles. El Nuro is a very small town near to Los Organos which is near Mancora. The huge turtles are attracted t...
23rd May 2018 - Mancora, Peru
A chilled day in Mancora with Joe fishing in the morning and then making the some plans for the next stages of our travels. Mancora is nice and warm and on t...
23rd May 2018 - Mancora, Peru
A chilled day in Mancora with Joe fishing in the morning and then making the some plans for the next stages of our travels. Mancora is nice and warm and on t...
22nd May 2018 - Mancora, Peru
Our second night bus in a row done and we arrived in Mancora in the early hours of the morning. Fortunately, we were able to check in and have a little rest ...
22nd May 2018 - Mancora, Peru
Our second night bus in a row done and we arrived in Mancora in the early hours of the morning. Fortunately, we were able to check in and have a little rest ...
21st May 2018 - Trujillo, Peru
Now in Trujillo we planned to see some archaelogical sites from the precolombian times. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a guide and the book was only available ...
21st May 2018 - Trujillo, Peru
Now in Trujillo we planned to see some archaelogical sites from the precolombian times. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a guide and the book was only available ...
20th May 2018 - Barranco - Lima, Peru
We hung around Huacachina during the day as it’s a beautiful Oasis and then head to Lima in the evening. We had already heard that Lima isn’t the place to ha...
20th May 2018 - Barranco - Lima, Peru
We hung around Huacachina during the day as it’s a beautiful Oasis and then head to Lima in the evening. We had already heard that Lima isn’t the place to ha...
18th May 2018 - Nasca Lines, Nasca and Sand Boarding and Buggys, Huacachina
After arriving to Nasca from Arequipa we made a quick stop over to the viewpoint where you can see three of the Nasca lines. The lines are believed to be mad...
17th May 2018 - 2 days, 1 night Trekking of Colca Canyon, Arequipa
This morning we woke up for a casual 3 hour 1000m uphill strole before breakfast. Have to say I am not going to rush into anything like that again any time s...
13th May 2018 - Recovery Day, Cusco
Still in Cusco and we decided to take a well needed recovery day before moving on.
12th May 2018 - Machu Picchu
Today was extremely difficult but extremely rewarding! For the last 4 days and 3 nights we were on a Jungle Trek that ends at Machu Picchu. The trek included...
29th Apr 2018 - Death Road, La Paz, Bolivia
We arrived yesterday to La Paz and it’s a strange city and I can’t quite put my finger on why. When we first arrived on the bus the place looked run down and...
27th Apr 2018 - Sucre, Bolivia
There haven’t been any updates for awhile because we have spent the last two weeks static in Sucre not really doing much. The thing to do in Sucre is to lear...
19th Apr 2018 - Sucre, Bolivia
There haven’t been any recent daily updates purely because we have been in Sucre for a few days and not done much in the way activities as we have been attem...
13th Apr 2018
We just had one night stay in Uyuni as there isn’t much to do and then took a 4 hour bus to Potosi. After arriving in Potosi we noticed there was some sort o...
12th Apr 2018
Arrived in Uyuni after 3 days travelling through the desert in a 4x4 from San Pedro. It appears to be the most common way of travelling from Chile to Bolivia...
8th Apr 2018
We made it on the ALMA tour!!!! I thought a tour around any astronomical observatory was not going to happen on this trip but it happened! To make sure we we...
7th Apr 2018
We spent the morning queuing for ALMA! ALMA is an observatory that carries out astronomy research and they have public visits every weekend but they are full...
6th Apr 2018
17 hours later and we arrived in the middle of the desert in San Pedro. The city was the complete opposite to San Pedro with lower buildings made from clay l...
5th Apr 2018
We left La Sarena and headed to San Pedro in the afternoon but not before we visited one of the many beaches. It was only a quick stop before we headed to ou...
4th Apr 2018
We had a bit of a lazy day to get over the excitement of looking at the stars yesterday. We had a wander around the city of La Sarena and then headed to watc...
3rd Apr 2018
Today was close but hasn’t quite beaten my favourite day climbing the volcano! Today started out pretty slow by figuring out what there is to do in La Sarena...
2nd Apr 2018
Another long bus ride to get from Valparaiso to our next destination, La Sarena. Not sure what there is to do in La Sarena just yet but I’m sure we will figu...
1st Apr 2018
Today was our final day in Valparaiso and the best part was our visit to the cultural centre. There was lots going on with people just doing their own thing;...
31st Mar 2018
Our second day in Valparaiso and we saw lots of sea lions. They were really interesting to watch as there were sooo many chilling on an old torn down bridge ...
30th Mar 2018
Now in Valparaiso we did a walking tour around the city and immediately saw all the graffiti, it is everywhere you cannot miss it. Some of it is really artis...
29th Mar 2018
A leisurely hike to the lakes in Pucons Huerquehue National Park was perfect today. The weather was great and it was a good way to get worn out before our 12...
28th Mar 2018
After walking the volcano yesterday we were pretty worn out so we had a nice relaxing day not really doing much. We walked up to a viewpoint in Pucon and had...
27th Mar 2018
Literally, my favourite day so far! We climbed the active Volcano Villarica in Pucon. It started off similar to a normal hike but on volcanic rock but swiftl...
26th Mar 2018
A nice relaxing day today at Termas Geometricas which are where there are natural hot springs surrounded by rocks, greenery and wildlife. We went from a 9 de...
25th Mar 2018
Not knowing what to do in Pucon we decided to do a free walking tour to get to know the place which was definitely useful. In the afternoon we did an adrenal...
24th Mar 2018
8 Hours travelling on buses from Chiloe to Puerto Montt and then to Pucon. At Puerto Montt we had a few hours to look around but we didn’t end up going very ...
23rd Mar 2018
We managed to get to see some penguins! There weren’t many but the two that we did see were really cute waddling down from their nests into the water. It was...
22nd Mar 2018
Another rainy day. We planned to do nothing today because of the weather, however, it dried up for a few hours so we went to a small beach for some fishing. ...
21st Mar 2018
There didn’t appear to be much to do in Castro so we wandered along the waters edge and visted the fish market. Then we were off again but only a short dista...
20th Mar 2018
Another travel day. We got our first bus at 06:50 and three buses later we landed in Castro in Chiloe, Chile at 18:30. Just enough time to sort accomodation ...
19th Mar 2018
Another Glaciar! But this time it was a little bit different as it was a Black Glaciar. Tronador was another pretty sight and the formation of the black ice ...
18th Mar 2018
The weather picked up today so we took a bus deeper into the National Park and did a couple of small hikes. For our second walk took us through a forest and ...
17th Mar 2018
As it was meant to be raining we planned for a chilled day spending more time around the town and planning the next few days. Bariloche is known for it’s cho...
16th Mar 2018
Now in Bariloche and recovered from the 23 hour bus journey we had a wander round the town. Bariloche is based inside a national park and next to Lake Nuapi ...
15th Mar 2018
Not an interesting day at all. Woke up on the bus and spent the day on the bus but after 23 hours we made it to bariloche exhausted after doing nothing.
14th Mar 2018
There are a number of hikes to do in El Chalten but today we did the main hike to Laguna de Los Tres to see Cerro Fitz Roy! It was a tiring hike, especially ...
13th Mar 2018
Still in El Chalten and today we did a longer hike (3 hours one way) to Laguna Torre. It was cold, raining and miserable so the sights weren’t so great as th...
12th Mar 2018
Today we made our way to El Chalten which is based inside a national park so it’s completely surrounded by mountains and glaciers. We are here for a few days...
11th Mar 2018
It’s been awhile since our last update as yesterday we completed the W trek around Torres del Paine National Park. It was amazing so stay tuned for the full ...
4th Mar 2018
We did the short hike up Cerro Dorotea in Puerto Natales. It was a fairly easy hike in preparation for our upcoming 4 day trek. There were beautiful views at...
3rd Mar 2018
Arrived in Puerto Natales after a 4 hour bus journey. The main activity in Puerto Natales is to visit and hike around Torres del Paine. So today we spent the...
2nd Mar 2018
Up at 6:30 AM to go to Magdalena island to visit the penguin colony. So many cute penguins were roaming about the tiny island. The babies had already been bo...
1st Mar 2018
Travel day today. It took us just over 10 hours to get from Ushuaia, Argentina to Punta Arenas, Chile. We managed to arrive in time to book a trip to see the...
28th Feb 2018
Absolutely shattered today. We went to Tierra Del Fuego in Ushuaia and it was unbelievably beautiful with the landscapes covered with mountains. We did the s...
27th Feb 2018
It was goodbye to Buenos Aires and hello to Ushuaia today. We got off the aeroplane and the drop in temperature was instantly noticeable. We didn’t do much t...
26th Feb 2018
We took a ferry from Buenos Aires over to Colonia Del Sacremento in Uruguay where spent the day. Colonia is a quaint little city with cobble stones lining th...
25th Feb 2018
Today was a football day! It happened to be the league cup final so we managed to find a bar (eventually…) that showed the English football. Fortunately we s...
24th Feb 2018
We did another walking today but this time around Recoleta which is one of the richest neighbourhoods within Buenos Aires. We saw some beautiful buildings an...
23rd Feb 2018
Our second day out of six in Buenos Aires and we had no specific plan. On our walking tour from the previous day we learned about a cafe called Cafe Tortoni ...
22nd Feb 2018
Now in Buenos Aires we had a day to get to know the place and find out what we can do. We wandered around this amazing city where all the roads are completel...
21st Feb 2018
Slightly disappointing day today. We went to visit the Argentinian side of the falls after witnessing such stunning views of the falls from the Brazilian sid...
20th Feb 2018
We had our first overlanding border control today, crossing from Brazil to Argentina. It took a lot longer than anticipated, the border itself didn’t take lo...
19th Feb 2018
Today we popped over to Paraguay for a day trip. After getting off at the wrong stop and struggling to find our way without internet or downloaded maps or tr...
18th Feb 2018
An early start with a 3 AM flight to Foz du Iguazu from Rio. The early fight was worth it as we managed to get to see the stunning Iguazu falls from the Braz...
17th Feb 2018
Our final day in Rio. We ended up walking to a science Museum called The Museum of Tomorrow. It presented information from how we began to where we are going...
16th Feb 2018
Today was a busy day. Early in the morning we went to see Christ the Redeemer, unfortunately, it was quite cloudy but after waiting some time we got some cle...
15th Feb 2018
Our third day in Rio and yesterday we both got sun burned and blisters from walking. We ended up going out for a meal and had Brazilian steak. I got to pract...
14th Feb 2018
It threatened thunder storms in Rio today so instead of Christ the Redeemer we decided to walk around the city and take in the sites. We walked 21km along Ri...