Thanks to Brenda from Traveleira for nominating me for the Liebster Award! The Liebster award was created to help promote new bloggers and expand their reach – basically it acts like a referral from one blogger to the next and you, the reader, to get to benefit from finding more new and interesting blogs! It…
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Playa Del Carmen – where to eat & drink
The final installment of my Mexico trip posts! This isn’t a definitive guide for everywhere to eat in Playa del Carmen, but just a few places. Remember I was traveling independently, so there are no five star, all inclusive places represented here!! So if you want to eat like a local, you’ll head to…
Swimming with Whale sharks
Another installment from my Mexico trip and another thing ticked off the wishlist! Swimming with the largest fish in the sea – the Whale Shark… This is something I spotted as an activity when I was looking at things to do around Playa del Carmen and Cancun in Mexico on Pinterest and I also received…
Chichén Itzá & Tulum
Another instalment of my travels in Mexico this summer… We rented a car from Playa del Carmen and decided to be classic tourists and visit Chichén Itzá – the classic Mayan pyramid, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world and the most visited site on the Yucatan peninsula. Pretty impressive right?! However it…
Weekend in Cambridge
Having met Lucy in Argentina and then putting up with her following me through Chile, Bolivia and Peru (such a stalker!) and after an interesting catch up in Colombia, the last time I saw her was in London for a gin (naturally!). So it seemed high time to catch up in her neck of the…
Cenote Diving in Mexico
I’m writing this from Playa del Carmen on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. I’m visiting a friend I made whilst travelling in Vietnam and he is dive mad! Lluis is a cave diver, but I’m only a recreational diver without the training (and with mild claustrophobia). So being able to see the light and way out was…
Standon Calling 2015
This year was Standon Calling festival´s 10th year anniversary. If you´ve been following the blog you´ll know that this is my 4th time and we had a great time last year, as Chilean miners for the Lost In Latin America theme! View of the main stage The theme This year they went all out on…
Where to eat in Valletta
To celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary they took the whole family to Malta for a week in May. We were lucky to stay at the Phoenicia hotel, just outside the Valletta city walls (literally overlooking them!). I’m writing a few posts about our stay, this one is all about the food, but it isn’t…
Weekend in Amsterdam
If you follow my blog you may have read my previous lists from Amsterdam – My Top 5 Amsterdam Museums, bikes of Amsterdam Photo blog and my visit to the House of Bols – but this isn’t everything we did on our long weekend, we even managed some free activities…. Read on to find out…
Bikes of Amsterdam #photoblog
This is just a photo blog of some of the great bikes I found in Amsterdam, the city of course is known for being bicycle friendly – enjoy! Child on board Pretty decorated bikes! Whoops get out of the way of the bin men! Make sure you chain up your bikes or loose them in…