“I Have Seen Too Much Of This World… I Am Not A Good Slave”
I firmly believe that if you have your freedom, and you are lucky enough to have love, then happiness is yours. When I think about my travels over the past 7 years it all comes down to two things… my...
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My Disgusting Backpack – Step-by-step guide to Cleaning Your Backpack
My backpack is important to me. As a perpetual nomad my backpack is my home, my friend, my one true constant from one adventure to the next. But most importantly… it’s where I keep my stuff. My backpack has been …
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Bocas to San Jose – a note on border crossings…
Border Crossings…. The intrigue, The mystery…. the unknown… Oh how I love border crossing days. Bryce, crossing borders You never really know how your day is going to pan out and how long it will take to get from A...
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The Bocas Effect…
The Bocas Effect: “A Sudden feeling of euphoria secondary to the independent removal of societies noose by an individual. Symptoms include: relaxation, laughter, smiling… at everyone, fun, befriending of random strangers, deep breathing, potential for superhuman powers, the absence...
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Boquete – just when you think the journey can’t get any stranger…
It’s midnight, we finally release our collective grip on the surfboard cover and stumble out of the taxi. We could be described as ‘wind swept’ at best. The hostel receptionist at Mamallenas in Boquete looks out the window and laughs …
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On the Road – Surf boards, Taxis and Chow Mein… A Journey in Rewind.
I had almost forgotten about Latin American buses and their love for all things air conditioning… Or more likely I’d put it out of my mind secondary to previous trauma. But now here I find myself, sitting in sub zero...
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On Arriving – Santa Marta, Colombia
Dear Anthony and Bryce, It’s 5:32am in Canada… I can barely convey how tired I am. Thankfully, I’m being fed coffee. I have 4 flights over the next 24 hours… and many hours in airports.I feel rubbish, but through my...
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Ushuaia to Buenos Aires – The 47 hour Bus Ride…
Crazy? Yes Alternative options? No. I was at the End of the World after all… Ushuaia Argentina, Distance to here… Any sane person would take a flight. I’d take a flight, if there were any… but there was a two...
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Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales, Chile
Puerto Natales as a town is a small, relatively out of the way kind of place. There’s not a whole lot going on there, and it’s not the sort of place you’d visit for the town alone. People come to …
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Perito Moreno Glacier, El Calafate
After the hike and the bed bug saga of El Chalten I was ready to move on. We decided not only to move hostels, but to move town… A three and a half hour bus ride south from El Chalten …
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Monte Fitz Roy – The Final Days of Spooney-Forkey
After 32 hours on the road we staggered off our Route 40 bus at 6am into the rain, fog, and icy cold winds of El Chalten. El Chalten is a small town in Patagonia in Argentina, about 3.5 hours north...
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Route 40 Patagonia – Join the Joyride
This blog post is dedicated to the original Doughnut. You and your pink sun visor would have made this ride that little bit more special ;o) Route 40, Patagonia Argentina Route 40, Patagonia, Argentina. The long and winding road… very...
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Knee Deep in Snow – Hiking Frey, Patagonia
“A bit of snow maybe, but you should be fine if you’ve got some hiking experience”, was the information from the guy at Club Andino Bariloche, the local hiking association. A great resource and the place to visit before hiking...
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Inca Trail, Machu Picchu
I’m exhausted. But I’m exhausted because I’ve been all different kinds of awesome on the Inca Trail for the past 4 days, so it’s a proud and special kind of exhausted… and the exhaustion is my excuse for my current …
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Leaving London – One Last Dash for Freedom…
I left London… I finally left London. You see, I hadn’t planned on staying for 4 years. I had planned on staying for one… then one year became two… two became three and so on. I’m not the...
Read More“I Have Seen Too Much Of This World… I Am Not A Good Slave”
I firmly believe that if you have your freedom, and you are lucky enough to have love, then happiness is yours. When I think about my travels over the past 7 years it all comes down to two things… my …
Read MoreMy Disgusting Backpack – Step-by-step guide to Cleaning Your Backpack
My backpack is important to me. As a perpetual nomad my backpack is my home, my friend, my one true constant from one adventure to the next. But most importantly… it’s where I keep my stuff. My backpack has been …
Read MoreMy Blogging Funk… and My Virtual Saviour
I have two major loves in my life (of the non-human variety). Travel and writing. Passionate, sing from the hills, chest pounding type love. The good stuff. That’s me and travel. We’ve had a thing going for over seven years …
Read MoreBocas to San Jose – a note on border crossings…
Border Crossings…. The intrigue, The mystery…. the unknown… Oh how I love border crossing days. Bryce, crossing borders You never really know how your day is going to pan out and how long it will take to get from A...
Read MoreThe Bocas Effect…
The Bocas Effect: “A Sudden feeling of euphoria secondary to the independent removal of societies noose by an individual. Symptoms include: relaxation, laughter, smiling… at everyone, fun, befriending of random strangers, deep breathing, potential for superhuman powers, the absence …
Read MoreBoquete – just when you think the journey can’t get any stranger…
It’s midnight, we finally release our collective grip on the surfboard cover and stumble out of the taxi. We could be described as ‘wind swept’ at best. The hostel receptionist at Mamallenas in Boquete looks out the window and laughs …
Read MoreOn the Road – Surf boards, Taxis and Chow Mein… A Journey in Rewind.
I had almost forgotten about Latin American buses and their love for all things air conditioning… Or more likely I’d put it out of my mind secondary to previous trauma. But now here I find myself, sitting in sub zero …
Read MoreSurfers Paradise – Santa Catalina, Panama
Surf. It is the major part of our adventure. So after the flat Caribbean oasis of the San Blas Islands we headed out of Panama City toward the pacific coast of Panama. Snag # 1: two recently purchased second hand …
Read MoreFriends in Strange Places – The San Blas Islands
I was completely and utterly asleep and having a great dream while sitting in the back of a 4WD trundling along winding roads north of Panama City, when I was rudely awoken by a ‘tap tap tap’. I opened one …
Read MorePanama City
I stood looking out over the Panama Canal searching for inspiration for the Time as a Traveller post. My first natural response after seeing the museum and the movie was of course ‘great feats of human engineering’. But then I …
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Kimberley Casey
Hi, I'm Kim Casey. Since 1997 I've been travelling and living around the world, now I help others to do the same. Time as a Traveller is where I write about my journeys, discoveries, and lessons from the road...
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