Colombia...I’ve wanted to write this blog for a while but I’ve refrained just in case! Colombia is an amazing country and the world’s opinion of it is generally completely wrong. Yes there is a massive drugs trade here, 80% of the world’s cocaine is made here and this has meant that there is a crime problem and also a few safety issues for tourists. Generally tourists are safer here than in most of South America but there is the risk of kidnappings and t...

Buenos Dias, my last blog I seem to remember saying that South America keeps surprising me and that the Salt Flats trip in Bolivia would take some beating. Well, Macchu Picchu is definitely up there! I had heard Peru was expensive, incredibly touristy and perhaps a tad overrated. That’s rubbish! We arrived in Cuzco after a nightmare journey on a bus with locals to find an incredibly beautiful colonial town with square after square and church after church. Yes...