Cape Town to Vic Falls
Things you'll want to ask your local guide:
- How a lion kills a wildebeest
- Whether or not you can outrun a cheetah
- If you can ride a zebra like a...
Vic Falls to Kenya
If you only take home one piece of African wisdom, let it be this: 'The buttocks are like a married couple. Though there is constant friction between them they will still...
The One with the Laid Back Beach
It’s like every cafe, restaurant and bar in Vang Vieng was given the box set of Friends and told to play it on repeat. Don’t panic if you...
I'll Take the High Road
Sexy Woman and Dead Woman's Pass. You can climb all over one and the other will haunt your dreams. Peruvian icons don’t mess around.
(Was Inca Highway)
You're so Altiplano
La Paz is the highest capital city on Earth. Once you get over the altitude cikness you'll feel like 7 million Bolivianos (that's a million bucks to you).
(Was...
Some of my Best Friends are Peruvian
Nobody’s quite sure how the bowler hat came to be so popular among Quechua and Aymara women. It’s too small for their heads, it doesn’t protect from the sun...
River Deep, Mountain High, Jungle Very Jungly
Amazon animals to avoid: poison dart frogs, piranhas, anacondas, jaguars, vipers, caimans, tarantulas. We could go on but we’re starting to freak ourselves out. Quick,...
Peru Completo
Pisco is the local version of grape brandy. Shake it up with lemon juice, sugar, egg white and you've got your new favourite drink - a Pisco sour.
(Was Peru...
The Republic of China Uncensored
From Peking duck to fried pork dumplings, a Chinese feed is one of life’s pleasures. Please note: rooster blood, duck tongues and scorpions on sticks are optional.
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Chinglish Lover Travel Story
Chicken without a sex life, spiced salt blows up pig hand, hot temptation of frog, palace spicy chicken explosion... they sound like strange animal diseases but in fact, they...
