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A Love Affair With Ecuador’s Corazon Volcano

January 6, 2015

Corazon isn't as well-trodden as many of Ecuador's other peaks, but is a great climb to cut your teeth on.

Ecuador’s Banos: Andean Charm Meets Adrenaline Tourism

November 3, 2014

Banos has a reputation as a tourist town, but don't let that put you off. This little town straddling the eastern flanks of the Andes sees plenty of backpackers, but that hasn't ruined it one bit.

Backpacking Survival Part II: Respect, Immersion and Those Stupid Wheely Luggage Things

October 6, 2014

If your country had a role in invading the country you are visiting it, colonising it, looting it, dominating it, abusing it – at the very least read about that before you go.

Backpacking Survival Tips Part I: From Blending in Like a Chameleon, to the Fine Art of Vomiting in a Garbage Bin

October 3, 2014

These are just a few helpful survival hints I’ve picked up after five years of backpacking and living abroad.

Ecuador’s Haunted Train; El Nariz del Diablo

September 12, 2014

The Devil’s Nose is Ecuador’s most famous haunted site. For over a century, this isolated stretch of rail has supposedly been stalked by no less than Satan himself.

The Andes Unadulterated: Venezuela’s Los Nevados

May 31, 2013

Tourism tends to corrupt, and a positive mention in Lonely Planet corrupts absolutely. I guess that’s how Lord Acton may have put it if he’d ever seen what

Backpacking 101: What to Bring

May 23, 2013

Living out of a backpack is surprising rewarding, but figuring out exactly what you need, and what you can do without is one of life’s greatest conundrums. After years