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Four months of South America in photos

Sarah Duff — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:57:02 +0000

The second part of this year-long around-the-world trip (after a three-month stint in the USA), was South America, a continent I had never visited. It had always seemed so far from South Africa, so I felt like a normal-length two-week trip would never cut it. I saved up South America for a time when I […]

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Providencia Island: Colombia’s secret Caribbean paradise

Sarah Duff — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:19:48 +0000

“Welcome to Providencia, where everything come in slow motion”, said our taxi driver, Jerry, as he coasted down the gently winding road along the coast of Colombia’s tiny Caribbean island. Jerry hooted and waved at just about every scooter and car that passed us: “I don’t know everyone on the island, but I will do […]

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A jungle trek to Colombia’s Lost City

Sarah Duff — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 22:55:10 +0000

Sweat ran in thick rivulets down my back, soaking through to my heavy backpack. My face felt as hot as a pizza oven. My thighs burned and my dodgy knees were aching. My breath came out as an unpleasant sounding rasp. I was less than two hours into a four-day trek through the Colombian jungle and […]

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