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Keeping the adventure alive, or ‘Homeward bound’
It’s my last morning in Buenos Aires and my last morning on this particular adventure. In less than an hour I will be on my way to the airport for the final leg home. As I’m writing this I can’t … Continue reading
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Mixing and matching – living with the locals
‘I will never fob off a foreigner in Boganburbia again.’ In the time I have been travelling I am constantly amazed at how friendly and helpful South Americans are. Even sitting in an airport terminal, there is always a local … Continue reading
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Recipe for adventure: just add people
‘Girls who go on trekking tours don’t do one night stands,’ – a fellow trekker on the Inca Trail. For my first real solo-adventure, I opted for safety in numbers, and jumped on a few smallish group tours. I figured … Continue reading
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The Guide Gallery
Having toured now for over a month, I’ve encountered tour guides in all shapes and sizes, but whatever the attraction, the excursion, or the adventure, you can be sure to come across one (or more) of the following types: The … Continue reading
Peruvian poverty
Nothing quite prepares you for it. I was expecting beggars on the street, people hassling, hoards of homeless, and there was that, but there were also endless shanty houses stacked with mud bricks with not-quite roofs perched on desert slopes … Continue reading
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Perilous Peru Part 1 – Living in Lima
‘Don´t let people see where you keep your real money,’ my lunchtime companion, a local, tells me. ‘I keep my wallet in here,’ he points to his breast pocket, ‘and pay from here,’ dips his hand in another pocket. ‘And … Continue reading
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Pretty in Peru
Adventure Girl sets off solo Today I head to Peru, first stop: Lima. This is where it gets hard. I’m on my own for the first few days before I join my tour. I don’t know the language and I … Continue reading
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A Chilean Adventure
Adventure Girl sets her sights on Santiago I am sorry to be leaving Santiago after only a few days. The Chilean people are playful and irreverent. They seem proud of their city and want you to like it, too. Wherever … Continue reading
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The New Adventures of old Adventure Girl
So this is it. Looks like I am actually going. Like really, actually going. After all the angst and doubt and doubt and angst. F**k it, I’m going. Better than that, I’m going with barely a few days to plan, … Continue reading
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Recipe for disaster… Part 1 – My Best Friend’s wedding
So your eternally single Cold Date* has finally got himself hitched. You’re over-the-moon happy for him (and her), even if it means you rarely get to see him because he still hasn’t crawled out from under the new-love covers for … Continue reading
What colour is your Polaroid?
Adventure Girl finds spiritual enlightenment… well, sees a picture of her aura, anyway So apparently I’m clairvoyant. I know this because Chris from Enlightenment Photography knows this. ‘See how the purple extends almost all the way to the edges? That … Continue reading
why Wing Men are more fun
Adventure Girl learns a lesson on dating in-the-flesh Have you ever been out on the town, keeping an eye out for possibles, as they hunt you, but when you finally get your chance to meet, talk, drink (and hopefully a bit … Continue reading
on being THAT girl
Adventure Girl gets perky I’ve never been THAT girl before, you know the one who turns up to the party wearing not much on the outside and even less underneath, the one who makes the guys drool and their girlfriends … Continue reading
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A tribute to Rose Buckner, a woman who knew how to get what she wanted
Adventure Girl ventures into the past to learn how to ‘Make do and live comfortably’, Rose Buckner-style. ‘No matter the size of the home, it is the way you plan it that counts. Like me, you may start off in … Continue reading
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Tagged history, housewife, marriage, Rose Buckner
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained
A lesson in reconciliation with Adventure Girl ‘You look so old.’ I’d just stepped into the restaurant. It took me a moment to recognise him. I was expecting someone tall, bearded and grey: the father I had last seen almost … Continue reading
Bearded weirdness or ‘Playing Paddocks’
A lesson in mixing friends with Adventure Girl Remember that game you used to play as a kid, where you drew up a grid of dots, as big as you could make it, then took turns to connect them with … Continue reading
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When at the office party, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, vomit on the boss’s shoes
A lesson in office party etiquette with Adventure Girl If one Friday night you find yourself trapped in a room with free alcohol, some dodgy dance music and three quarters of your workmates, under no circumstances should you: let anyone … Continue reading
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Someone else’s slippers
Adventure Girl learns a lesson in friendship ‘Does this mean I’m dumped?’ In relationships, there are commonly accepted ‘rules’. There are statuses like ‘single’, ‘in a relationship’ or ‘f-buddies’. You form a ‘relationship’, you break up, and sometimes you make … Continue reading →