Author Archives: Tamara
Bolivia: Super high altitutde, super low temperatures!
August 27, 2012As determined as I am to visit as many countries as possible I decided if we move quick enough we would have chance to visit Bolivia before we started our last project in Cuzco, Peru. After a tiring journey from … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia | Tagged bolivia, fish island, salt, salt flats, salt hotel, tour, uyuni | 17 CommentsPeru: one helpful cabbie, one mental dune buggy driver and one very lonely German woman
August 13, 2012As we made our way down the coast of Peru we decided to treat ourselves to a hotel on the beach in the breezy seaside town of Trujillo. Having spent the last week (or what felt like the last month) … Continue reading
Posted in Peru | Tagged arequipa, buses, desert, dune buggy, Ica, linea, nazca lines, peru, Sand boarding | 59 CommentsEcuador: The middle of the world
July 30, 2012As much as we love long bus journeys we decided to fly from Costa Rica to Ecuador to save time. In Quito we met the organiser of our volunteering project who, to our amazement was there to met us on … Continue reading
Posted in Ecuador | Tagged amazon, animals, ecuador, jungle, quito | 17 CommentsIf only we could hike a volcano every day!
July 7, 2012Its fair to say I had no idea we would be traveling through this country (yes, yes my geography is shocking, even though I have a degree in it). After meeting a lovely brother and sister from Holland while we … Continue reading
Posted in Nicaragua | Tagged central america, granada, leon, nicaragua, ometepe, volcan concepcion, volcanoes | 16 CommentsDrink diving on the Island of Sin
June 19, 2012Traveling onward with our new amigos we headed to Honduras. After a very nauseating 3 hour boat ride we arrived at a port and went through immigration. We all were tired and wanted to get to our final destination so … Continue reading
Posted in Honduras | Tagged honduras, PADI, scuba diving, utila | 25 CommentsLA, San Fransisco & a new member of the RV Family
January 24, 2012Our America Adventure began with a slight hiccup… our flight from Fiji to LA was delayed by 4 and a half hours (locals call delays “fiji time”, gets them out of a whole load of trouble and makes it sound … Continue reading
Posted in USA | Tagged Campervan, Friends, LA, Los Angeles, RV, San Fransisco, USA | 57 CommentsBula from Fiji!
January 13, 2012Bula! If you don’t shout this at the locals you don’t get dinner. No lie. Our Fijian adventure started with a long ass boat ride to the outer Yasawa island of Coral view. Little did we know but we would … Continue reading
Posted in Fiji | Tagged Bounty Island, bula, Cast Away, Coralview, fiji, island, Kava, Koravou, Kuata Island, tom hanks, ultimate lei, yasawa | 111 CommentsA trip to Whitsundays and The Great Barrier Reef…why not!!?
December 28, 2011So after paying the nice lady at Peterpans a nominal amount of money we were off on yet another plane. Destination: Airlie beach in the Whitsundays. It was a beautiful place (and wasn’t raining) with bright blue sea and white sailing … Continue reading
Posted in Australia | Tagged airly beach, great barrier reef, knuckle bay, sailing, scuba diving, snorkelling, whitsundays | 9 CommentsPlanes, Trains & Automobiles: Planning the trip of a lifetime.
September 21, 2011The decision to travel around the world for a year was an easy one (in theory). 4 years ago we met in America and ever since we have been dreaming of exploring more of the world together. After working hard … Continue reading
Posted in Planning | 28 CommentsGuatemala
September 20, 2011In Guatemala we will be looking after animals that have been abandoned including parrots, macaws, spider and howler monkeys, margays, ocelots. The shelter is located in the beautiful jungles of Guatemala!
Posted in Guatemala | 9 CommentsUSA
September 20, 2011In the USA we are planning to drive from LA to New York in probably the most round about way! We are hopefully going to meet up with some American friends along the way. Our route and dates are as … Continue reading
Posted in USA | 37 CommentsAustralia
September 20, 2011In Australia we are going to meet up with a good friend that we met whilst working in America. We are staying in Melbourne and hopefully are going to spent New Year’s Eve in Sydney.
Posted in Australia | 43 CommentsAfrica
September 20, 2011In Africa we are going to trek and camp across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zambia. We are visiting Victoria Falls and going on a number of safaris. Ben will probably doing a number of dangerous activities which I’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Africa | 25 CommentsIndia
September 20, 2011I have previoulsy volunteered in a school in Kerala and hope that we can go and visit the chidlren and maybe teach a few lessons.
Posted in India | 28 CommentsMexico
September 20, 2011In Mexico we will be working with children and teaching English as well as running activities for disadvantage children.
Posted in Mexico | 32 CommentsPeru
September 20, 2011In Peru we will be working in an orphanage in Cuzco, helping with homework and organizing actvities. We might even trek the innca trail to Machu Pichu if we feel fit enough!
Posted in Peru | 8 CommentsEcuador
September 20, 2011In Ecuador we will be looking after disadvantage children and teaching English whilst running art and craft after school clubs.
Posted in Ecuador | 8 CommentsHonduras
September 20, 2011In Honduras we will be involved in environmental education for local children as well as animal care, gardening and trekking in mangrove swamps to monitor the indigenous iguana population. This island is very remote and the pace of life here … Continue reading
Posted in Honduras | 32 CommentsFiji
September 19, 2011This is probably the destination I am most looking forward to going to. We are in Fiji for 2 weeks and for the first week we are touring the local islands, snorkelling, kayaking and camping on the beach. The second … Continue reading
Posted in Fiji | 229 CommentsWhere are we now?
Back home in England, enjoying a miserable winter!.
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