I'd been out for a few drinks last night but headed home just after midnight to leave some of my other fellow dorm mates to carry on what was shaping up to be a big night. I awoke at 7am and got down off the top bunk to be greeted by my bunkmate lying spread eagle on his bed without any pants on and his Johnson lying limply to one side. I shook my head, chuckled inwardly and thought "the joys of dorm rooms - he´s going to be seriously embarrassed about th...

San Blas Islands How to make a boat trip from Colombia to Panama great? Take one 107 year old boat, 18 passengers from across the globe, mountains of fabulous fresh food, gallons of rum, packs of Cuban cigars, and a nutty German Capitan that we ended up naming "Nude-wig". We arrived at the wharf on day one at 8am, dropped our bags with a giant man with a receding hairline and a long blonde pony tail who was to be one of the captain's quirky but ...

Firstly a little edited extract from Wikipedia on the Lost City: Ciudad Perdida (Spanish for "Lost City") is the archaeological site of an ancient city in Northern jungles of Colombia. It is believed to have been founded about 800 A.D., some 650 years earlier than Machu Picchu. Ciudad Perdida was only discovered in 1972, when a group of local treasure looters found a series of stone steps rising up the mountainside and followed them to an abandoned...

The South of Brazil I would never have thought the South of Brazil would score so highly on my "must see / must do" list. We started our time in the South of Brazil as most South American experiences begin, after a 15 hour bus ride from some other obscure place, in our case Iguazu Falls. We arrived after the night bus into Florianopolis in search of some much needed beach time. Florianopolis is a small island a short way off the coast of Brazil, but ...

Day 1 The Torres del Paine experience starts with a 7am bus ride (11,000 pesos) which takes 3.5 hours to the National Park. The entrance fee is a hefty15,000 Chilean Pesos (c. £19) but I consider it quite a reasonable exchange for the numerous free camp sites throughout the park, and the fact that my fee will be used to help dozens of other protected parks across Argentina. From the park entrance, we take a short, bumpy, dusty minibus ride (2,500 pesos) to th...