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My travel adventures!
flâneur /flaˈnəː/ Loosely translated from the French as "a person who roams around, deliberately aimless, just observing life."
Ecuador - this amazing piece of paradise
It's now been over a month since I arrived in Ecuador. Having spent a long time checking out Chile and Peru I was beginning to think that...
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Jun 91 min read
Farewell to the Amazon
We overnighted in Coca (Puerto Francisco de Orellana) which is a town in eastern Ecuador, a key entry point for the Amazon Rainforest....
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Jun 92 min read
Day 4 in the Amazon and it's time to say goodbye
It was with a little sadness that we said goodbye to our lodge in the Amazon. The amazing guides and location had made this the trip of a...
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Jun 91 min read
Day 3 in the Amazon
An early start with some more exploration of the river to find even more animals. We then motored up the river to a walk in pristine...
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Jun 81 min read
Day 2 of our Amazon adventure
An early start as we began a three hour canoe trip (with more wildlife discoveries, including a short jungle walk) to the village of...
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Jun 81 min read
Gun Shots, Piranhas, Electric Eels and Pink Dolphins.
You are reading this post a few days late as we have just emerged from an amazing trip in the Amazon Jungle. The reason it is late is...
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Jun 72 min read
The town where life has no value
Flew this morning to Coca on the edge of the Amazon. It was the shortest flight ever (about 40 minutes) past the Antisana volcano, but as...
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Jun 31 min read
Don't trust Latam Airlines with your travel.
Yesterday was meant to be more discovery of Quito, however in the morning I discovered that Latam Airlines had changed the travel time -...
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Jun 22 min read
Breathless in Quito
Arrived back in Quito last night and staying in a beautiful apartment in the old town (a meticulously restored 200-year-old colonial...
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May 312 min read
Travel days before the Amazon Jungle
We left the ship yesterday after the most amazing day swimming with the orcas. After being kicked off the ship at 8am, we had a stack of...
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May 301 min read
Swimming with Orcas
Well today started out like any other day in the Galapagos: a short walk to see some super pink flamingos, followed by another walk to a...
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May 282 min read
Albatross central
Last night we motored to Espanola Island, our southern most point in the Galapagos and which was named by Christopher Colombus on his...
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May 271 min read
Swimming with sea lions on San Cristobal
Yesterday was a rest day on the island of San Cristobal, so a great chance to catch up on some rugby games, and sort out some things from...
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May 262 min read
Giant tortises and shark action
After an exciting night watching sharks attack flying fish off the back of the boat (check the video below), we began Friday with a bus...
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May 251 min read
South Plaza
We cruised overnight to South Plaza island for a walk amongst the iguanas. South Plaza is one of the smallest islands with a visitor site...
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May 231 min read
Hammer time!
In the morning took a quick boat ride to a beach landing at Darwin Bay, after a five hour overnight relocation. The beach was full of...
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May 231 min read
Volcanos, boobies and seals
Our first afternoon of the cruise and we took a walk on North Seymour island to see an incredible number of blue footed boobies and...
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May 211 min read
Lava tunnels and huge mangroves
Yesterday was our travel day back to Santa Cruz, after a magical time on Isabela. But before we would get the water taxi, high speed boat...
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May 201 min read
Swimming with sharks and other critters
Started yesterday with a stroll through the mangroves to the turtle breeding centre, via a lake with a few of the brightest pink...
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May 191 min read
Heaven, paradise or both
Our first few days in the Galapagos Islands have been amazing, so we are pretty excited with what is ahead of us. After finally landing...
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May 181 min read
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