Travelblog LA#10: Santa Marta, Tayrona & Minca – Colombia

NOTE: This blog will feature a Practical Information section at the end giving tips for other travellers heading to the same places.   25th May – 1st June, 2023   Those who read my last blog will not be surprised when I say I took it easy when I returned from Ciudad Perdida. I wasContinue reading “Travelblog LA#10: Santa Marta, Tayrona & Minca – Colombia”

Travelblog SA#38: Chiloé Island – Chile

17th-20th January 2019 In many ways, Chiloé reminded me of Wales, my home back in the UK. Although it is an island, it is so close and well connected to the mainland it feels more like a peninsula, and it is a domain of grassy hills and cows and sheep, with intermittent forests and quaintContinue reading “Travelblog SA#38: Chiloé Island – Chile”

Travelblog#40: The Visayas Part 3 (Tablas & Romblon) – the Philippines

1st-3rd February, 2015 Getting to Romblon Island was a bit more of an ordeal than I thought it would be. On the map it appeared to be only a short distance away, but when one is at the mercy of public transport you are often forced to take a route very different to how theContinue reading “Travelblog#40: The Visayas Part 3 (Tablas & Romblon) – the Philippines”