A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Last week it was National Reconciliation Week in Australia. The week is a time for all Australians to learn about their shared histories and cultures and to learn how to become involved in the reconciliation effort. The timing of this week is significant as it marks two important dates in Australia’s history and the history […] Read more…
When I was travelling in Canada last year on a very meager budget, I spent hours researching ways to travel on the cheap and during this research I came across ride sharing. I thought it sounded interesting, kind of like a transport version of Air BnB. Essentially ridesharing is a form of carpooling, where people […] Read more…
Coming from the North Island of New Zealand, I grew up without knowing the captivation of the magical season known as fall in North America. A season that transforms parts of the US and Canada into a multi-hued, sanguine wonderland. Sure, we still had autumn with the trees shedding their leaves, the temperature dropping in […] Read more…
When Trav and I decided to move to Sydney after our big trip through the Americas in 2013, we were asked by numerous people ‘Why Sydney?’ Melbourne and Perth appear to be the cities of choice for lots of Kiwis moving to Australia at the moment, and I can definitely see the appeal of the […] Read more…
After how well our first experience with Help X went, we weren’t as nervous about starting our second placement which was two weeks working on a vineyard/farm in Osoyoos. But if we knew what a Help X nightmare we were about to endure, we would have hightailed it back to Vancouver straight away. Osoyoos is […] Read more…
Our epic journey to Machu Picchu began with us getting picked up at 5.30am from our hostel in Cusco by Peru Treks, and driven to Km 82 via a breakfast stop near Ollantaytambo. This is the start of the Inca Trail and where you sort out your bags, your paperwork is checked and your passport […] Read more…
So I left off last time with a brief mention of our epic journey from Managua to Panama City. We had decided that, as we are on a tight budget, we would take a bus across three countries in two days as it was a quarter of the price of a flight; turns out it […] Read more…
Our first stop after the humid and jungle covered North was in charming Colonial Antigua; the touristy gem in Guatemala’s crown. Antigua really is a beautiful town despite the tourists. It reminds me very much of San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico which I hold dear to my heart. Cobbled streets, leafy squares, colourful […] Read more…