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The Time We Missed our Rosario Islands Boat Tour in Colombia

July 27, 2018 || Leave a Comment

At 3:00AM, in a club in Cartagena, the opening notes of Despacito blasting around us, I looked over at my friend Theresa. “We should probably go home! We have a boat tour leaving at 8:00AM!” I yelled half-heartedly. But we both just shrugged at eachother, silently agreeing to push through, and I refocused my attention […]

Filed Under: Colombia, South America

Best of 2017

December 27, 2017 || 1 Comment

Last year, I wrote a massively long Best of 2016 post and I still reread it constantly, every time I want to reminisce on how awesome that year was. I don’t know if anyone else found it as interesting as I do, but either way I really enjoyed writing it. This year, I was thinking […]

Filed Under: Canada, Colombia, England, Europe, Iceland, North America, Recaps, South America, USA

Hippie Paradise in Minca

April 21, 2017 || Leave a Comment

I had a very specific itinerary for my nine days in Colombia. How much of that itinerary did I follow? The first night. After that, everything went out the window including a few prepaid hostels, a flight, and some tours. I didn’t lose too much money due to the cheap cost of travelling in Colombia, […]

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Colombian Football Fans are Terrifying and Amazing

March 20, 2017 || Leave a Comment

In my first post about my amazing trip to Colombia, I promised a story about tear gas – and here it comes! There’s also another story in here about the worst bus ride in the entire history of bus rides. While I was wandering around Medellin, my friend Theresa was industriously making plans for our […]

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Alone in the Most Dangerous Neighborhood in Medellin

March 17, 2017 || 4 Comments

Colombia. When I told travellers my age I was going here, they couldn’t stop singing its praises, telling me how much it has to offer. When I told anybody in my family, or any of my older coworkers, they first confirmed that I did, in fact, mean the Colombia in South America, and then asked why […]

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I started travelling solo in university, and at 24 I've been to six continents and 57 countries.

Now I'm managing a travel agency and constantly planning my next trips.

I'm Bethany - come follow my misadventures around the world!

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June 2020 Peru
November 2020 Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay

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