Ants

I watch these ants every night marching down from an almond tree and cutting through the field, taking home a bit of food. It’s like a two way traffic on […]

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Loreto

Everywhere we travel, we tend to feel at home. Whether it is in the chaotic midst of a big city, alone on a cold windy mountain top, wandering the narrow alleys of a bustling market or lost in dusty back roads, far from the nearest store. But every now and again, we find somewhere where […]

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More cacti, more sand, more stars… more of Baja

After a brief stint on the narrow and shoulderless Highway 1, we took our first opportunity to get back to the peaceful coast of the Sea of Cortez—via Bahía De Los Ángeles. It was here that we spotted our first roof dogs of the trip and started to really feel like we were in Mexico. As we […]

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Ramble in the jungle

La Paz, Bolivia [by Paula] There are so very many bitey stingy things in the jungle, but it was the ants that really messed with my head. You just can’t see those bastards coming. And of course there’s nothing a jungle guide likes more than to tell stories of agonising pain, poisoning and death to […]

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