Blog Posts for June 2012

  • Take a piece of India home this June

    By Kellie Bright on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 12:45am , 0 comments

    For colour, chaos, beauty, kindness, culture and smiles...you can't go past a trip to India. There's nowhere on earth that gets under your skin quite the way India does. Often it's not until after you've arrived home that you look back and realise what an extraordinary adventure you've had, and exactly how much of an impact it has left on your soul.

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  • Cusco - the colour and the chaos

    By Erica Enriquez on Sun, 03/06/2012 - 11:42pm , 0 comments

    It took 25 years, a few dozen viewings of The Motorcycle Diaries and a good chunk of my savings before I found myself in Cusco, Peru. I was on top of the world at 3,400 metres above sea level. This was my chance to see the Andes. This was my adventure.  This was …. harder than I expected.  

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  • From couch potato to mountain spud

    By Alisa Nemirovska on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 2:13am , 0 comments

    Looking at this page, you are probably seeing pretty pictures set in the background of inspiring words; you'll be mentally adding things to your bucket list rather then the check-out basket, as you continue browsing in the hopes that ‘one day’ you will be able to see the sights displayed.

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  • Preparing for an overland trip

    By Saskia Vanwaaijenburg on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 12:51am , 3 comments

    Sitting at home, packing for an overland tour means packing for the unexpected and unknown, which means one thing – less is best. I am what you would call a minimalistic packer. I tend to take just the basics when I travel because when you are overlanding, there are no butlers to wait on you, no porters to carry your luggage, no one to rely on but yourself, and your trusty backpack that you need to carry. Yes, and when it comes to carrying, less is definitely best.

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