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Taiwan Days 9 and 10 Kenting, Cijin Island and Kaohsiung.

We got up relatively early and went hunting for some fruit. We found a stall with ladies selling mangos. Christine tried to buy one mango, but the ladies insisted that it was 3 mangos for 100NT, then they gave her two extra for free, so we ended up with a truck load of enormous delicious…

January 7, 2026 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Chinese, Travel Taiwan.

Taiwan Days 7 and 8 Kaohsiung, Love River Cruise and Kenting

This had been designated as a bit of a rest day. We slept in for a bit and then had a bit of a think about what we were going to do. We planned to go to the gym, collect some food to cook up for breakfast and lunch and to meet up with the…

December 15, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Chinese, Languages, Travel Taiwan.

Taiwan Days 5 and 6 Taichung, Mt Bagua Great Buddha Statue, Kaohsiung, Rainbow Village, Lotus Pond and The Dome of Light.

The journey to Taichung  Christine and I woke up early we showered and got organised, wrote in our journals and then did our Duolingo. The others had not risen, so we headed out to have some breakfast at, Gan Mai Alley, the restaurant from yesterday morning. We ate some dumplings, omelet and another steamed bread…

October 20, 2025 in Adventure, Languages, Travel Taiwan.

Taiwan Days 3 and 4 Taipei, Ximen district, Shilin Night Market, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, Taipei 101, Xiangshan and Ningxia Night Market

We got up at 4:45 and started getting ready. We managed to set off an alarm on the front door as we were leaving.Thankfully after leaving it for a bit we were able to re enter the code and silence the alarm before the national guard turned up to arrest us.  We walked to Nezu…

October 6, 2025 in Adventure, Chinese, Languages, Travel Taiwan.

Los Angeles Days 25 and 26 Santa Monica and Venice Beach

Jog in Costa Rica We got up around 7 and started the day with a jog along the beach, we jogged around 6km round trip along the beach back to the accomodation. My lack of stretching, rolling and gym finally caught up with me at about the 3km mark when a knot formed in my…

September 29, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Travel Latin America.

Puerto Rico Days 23 and 24 Old San Juan and El Yunque National Park

We got up relatively early and Luke and I went for an 8km run down to the town we had seen last night and back again. We ran along a path that took us along the beach towards the Isabela beach resort. After our run we made some breakfast with the left over taco mixture…

September 22, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Languages, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

Puerto Rico Days 21 and 22 Isabela and Aguadilla.

Departing Colombia We got at around 5am had a quick shower and then ate some breakfast that Diego had prepared. Breakfast consisted of a big bowl of fruit with some yogurt over the top. The whole family was up to see us off including Erica, Juan and Sarah. Charlie rocked up, as we were going…

September 8, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

Colombia Day 20 Monserrate and Bogota

We got up a little later after yesterday’s festivities. Juan prepared a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs, empanadas and fruit with yogurt. We then got organised, and Luke, Juan, Sarah, Christine and I made our way into the centre of Bogota so that we could do some exploring.  The first stop on our journey was…

August 9, 2025 in Adventure, Languages, Spanish, Travel Latin America.

Colombia Days 18 and 19 Bogota and Villeta

The Gym We got up early and decided that we had enough time to hit the gym for a workout before our flight. We changed into our running gear and made our way to a gym that Luke had found. It was the same gym chain that he head used in Mexico. We jogged the…

July 26, 2025 in Adventure, Languages, Spanish, Travel Latin America.

Costa Rica Days 16 and 17 Playa Grande and San Jose

Post Surf Breakfast We got up early and made our way down to the small fruit shop down the road so that we could collect some fruit to get us through the next couple of days. We returned to the house ate some cereal and then headed to the beach for a surf. The water…

July 18, 2025 in Adventure, Beach Culture, Spanish, Surfing, Travel Latin America.

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