Sometimes this blog feels like such a big part of my life that the comments really affect me. In my survey one responder said I appeared damaged; I was taken aback by the comment but then I realized it was true – but not as you may think.

Day 366: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile I realized that the blurb about me on the right is a bit glib in that I say with ease that I left my boyfriend to travel. The truth is it wasn’t easy and I’ve spent most of this year dealing with it. As I received emails from [...]

Day 365: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile I made it! I’m alive! I didn’t die of loneliness, shark attack or fall off Machu Picchu! A year ago I couldn’t fathom how far I would come in just one year. It’s been incredible. It also occurred to me that most people have only been reading for [...]

As I leave San Pedro de Atacama I share my favourite photos from the desert.

I wasn’t sure what to expect at Tierra Atacama but once I was the resort the first place I wanted to head was the spa.

Tierra Atacama has such great food I can feel my waistline expanding wth every spoonful but find it difficult to choose my favourite dishes.

On a tour of the flamingo sanctuary I learn that not everyone is out to make easy money, some people want to make the world better.