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Out of the smoke and into the wine
Dodging Bolivia's wildfires, vertigo in Samaipata, the many bodegas of Tarija.
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'Beaver fever' and other things to feel embarrassed about
I lost my dignity in a Burger King toilet. Also: dinosaurs.
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Saltburn: tales from the Uyuni desert
Bear Grylls can do one – Bolivian grannies are surely the hardest people on the planet.
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The Catch-22 of getting into Peru
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Mi casa es tu casa (unless you're washing up wrong)
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The road to Machu Picchu part two: Elvis legs
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The road to Machu Picchu part one: a truly sh*tty bus journey
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A voyage around the Galapagos
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In the midst of darkness, Instagram persists
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Don't look back in anger, leave a Google review
I am fuelled mostly by rage and cold and flu medicine by this point in our journey.
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The worst haircut in the world
But "in every bad thing, you'll find something beautiful," said the man in the turquoise llama poncho.
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A bigamist, a shaman and two gringos go camping
Feeding the mosquitos deep in the Peruvian Amazon.
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A cargo ship down the Amazon
The road to Iquitos part two: not advisable if you don't eat chicken.
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Heaven is a waterfall and a compost loo
Starting the journey south again to Peru: a jungle, a beach, a hundred buses.
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Daylight robbery in a town called toilets
Whatever happened to fortune favouring the brave?
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An earthquake, an election, a drunk lady in our cab
No, I'm not talking about myself.
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An entirely self-conscious newsletter about travel, adventure and the politics of freelancing alongside it all. Usually written from the back of a bumpy bus as I make my way around Latin America.
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