June 21, 2010
“You’ll get robbed” they said. “Quito is a hell hole full of mugs, low life’s and degenerates.” “You’ll be lucky to leave with both kidneys intact, let alone your laptop.” Everyone seems to have an opinion about Quito, and it’s generally not pleasant. ‘The most dangerous place in South America’ had been bandied about while [...]
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April 4, 2010
This post is supposed to be about doing Melbourne, Australia (my home town) as a backpacker. I wanted to write something on how those of us with itchy feet who want to be travelling but can’t (work commitments, saving money etc) can still do the little things to get that ‘on the road’ feeling back, by [...]
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