During your time in Istanbul, there is one phenomena that I’m pretty sure you’ll be unable to escape: the pushy sales techniques from shopkeepers trying to sell you anything and everything! Carpet anyone?! It all started on the first day of our visit to Istanbul, when we went to the Grand Bazaar to buy a scarf for mosque visits.
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Comuna 13 is a neighbourhood in the Colombian city Medellín, with a notoriously violent history. I read about this long before my first visit to Colombia, and I’ve found the story very touching, trying to imagine what it must have been like for people who live there. Comuna 13 represented all the negative that Colombia used to stand for,...
It is my birthday! I thought this would be a great time to share my travels of the past year. It has been my best year in terms of travel, I’ve never travelled this much before! It was also my first year to travel with a DSLR camera, which has made photography so much more interesting! I’ll share with...
Lots of people have warned me about visiting Istanbul in the current political climate. They seem to think that Istanbul is not safe nowadays. I’ve had warnings about riots around the constitutional referendum, threat of terrorism and the dangerous political situation. Since my first trip to Colombia I have learnt to take some of these warnings with a grain...
Having heard so many wonderful stories about Parque Tayrona in Colombia, David and I decided that it was time we would finally see it for ourselves. Even though David is from Colombia, he had never been to Tayrona National Park, so it was all new for him too! We booked ourselves a three-night stay in a hotel close to...
December. The month that brings the happiness of spending time with family, sharing nice foods with them and feeling cosy thanks to Christmas lights and decorations. But December sometimes makes me feel a little remorseful. It is the end of another year, and time seems to fly while my achievements seem to drag behind. I want 2017 to be...
