Tag: southamerica
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Lessons in Travel: Part 1
Having spent 3 months travelling through South and Central America then Canada from February until the end of April, I’ve learnt more than a few things about the world, myself and others. And now that I’m about to embark on “part two” of this midlife gap year, I thought it would be timely to capture…
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Buenos Aires is the new Barcelona
Last summer in Barcelona, droves of unwitting tourists were squirted with water and told to ‘go home” by mass tourism protesters. The post COVID years have seen thousands of Australians rush to spend a few weeks having a hot Euro summer but it seems we are not all that wanted. So my suggestion to you…
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The packing dilemma
How do you pack for 4 months, multiple climates, restricted baggage allowances and who knows how many stairs in the accomodation??! I haven’t started yet but have been thinking about it a lot, watched an unnecessary amount of inspirational reels and bought enough packing cubes for more bags than I will actually be taking. Sunday…
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Not retiring
So I’ve been officially unemployed for a month and under normal circumstances would have been back at work last week – eek! It is both liberating and scary. After thirty something years in teaching I am jumping off the hamster wheel to try living a life outside of the schoolyard. Don’t get me wrong, this…