Wow how quickly does time fly! I have been living in the beautiful city of Vancouver for 6 months' now and I have loved every minute of it. It is definitely one of the best cities I have been to in the world and I love the mix of city and beach life, with so many incredible nature and outdoor adventures in close proximity. I was fortunate enough to find a rental place in the stunning English Bay and we witnessed some great sunsets over the bay. The fantastic loc...

Before we knew it, it was my birthday, my 25th birthday!! To celebrate the occasion we checked into the 5* Dreams Resort and Spa Cancun and managed to blag a free upgrade to one of the best sea view rooms in the hotel...of course ;) The hotel was beautiful, with the best position in Cancun at the very end of the pennisula so all sides were facing the stunning beaches, the water was just incredible here. Now after 7 months of backpacking, we certainly knew ho...

After 6 and half months in South America Hayley and I were actually looking forward to having and it seemed more like a 2 week holiday as was going to be such a contrast! We landed at Miami airport, and they public buses even had free wifi! We couldn't believe it. We got a great deal on this small hotel on 17th and Collins Ave right by the beach and heart of South Beach. It was boiling hot when we arrived but the beach time had to wait, shopping was the pri...

First stop in Peru was visiting the Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca, which were so interesting and different. There are a large number of self made floating islands where the locals live. Though its now a popular tourist trap which takes away some of the authenticity of the islands but it was still worth seeing as its crazy to see and experience how they live. In the morning we arrived in the beautiful town of Arequipa, we checked into Wild Rover hostel again...

So after the luxury last week in Brazil we went back to reality with a bang with our adventous 4 day inland trip from the coast Brazil to Santa Cruz in Bolivia!We started our journey from Maresias, on the coast of Sao Sebastian, we then got a bus to Sao Paulo where it was a direct bus to Campo Grande! However the idiots at the bus terminal , sent us, unknowingly on a bus to Rio De Janeiros Campo Grande!! Oh my god we were fuming after a 5 hr wait at the term...