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November 10, 2018July 16, 2019Emily Pippard1 Comment on Day One in Latin America! | Casco Viejo, Panama City

Day One in Latin America! | Casco Viejo, Panama City

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One of my fave moments of 2019. Finally seeing Machu Picchu after years of seeing it in pictures! 🤩Four days of camping and hiking through the mountains and rainforest of the original Inca Trail, in rain, drizzle and with very low clouds, we didn’t have high expectations of the weather, but amazingly as we reached Machu Picchu just as the sun was rising on day 4 - the clouds lifted and we had incredible sunshine. 🌄Think it was the only clear day that week! 🙏🏼

Llamas joining us for a night of camping above the clouds in Peru 🦙🌄 (they get hunted in the wild by pumas - so slept near us for ‘protection’. Cheers guys 👍🏼)

This time last year! 🙈 I spent my last few days in Mexico on Isla Holbox - lying in hammocks, drinking coronas(with salt round the rim🤤) at wooden beach bars and watching sunsets.🌅 #ireallymisstravelling

Laguna Colorada 🇧🇴 watching flamingos feed on the red algae (which makes them and the water pink) 💕 #ireallymisstravelling

One year ago today I camped next to an active volcano in Guatemala.🌋 This volcano Fuego had erupted big time just the week before, and 4000 people had been evacuated from the nearby villages. One week on we were told this trek was ‘safe’ but if she started erupting too regularly or if the wind changed we would head straight down. When she started erupting every 20 minutes or so throughout the night, safe to say it wasn’t easy to sleep! I was convinced the guides had fallen asleep on watch and it was the end.😅 But we survived and it was the most surreal experience I’ve ever had.⛺️

Right, back into this insta!‼️ . Just finishing up a blog post that I started writing months ago, much earlier this year, about Rainbow Mountain in Peru... and jeeeeez I had forgotten how incredible the scenery was! Blog post (and more pics) to follow soon 😍🌈🏔

Dubrovnik walked city, from above 🏰

Imagine that wall of lava coming towards you! 🌋 This is what remains of a ski village completely buried by lava when Mt Etna erupted in 2002. The village originally consisted of two hotels, two restaurants, ski hire stores, souvenir shops and a ski school. Luckily the people were evacuated but the village was completely swallowed up by the lava flow which was an amazing 400 yards wide and 20 feet high.😱🤯

It’s been a year this week since I quit my job to travel Latin America solo. Its the third job I’ve quit to travel, sadly always leaving friends behind. I’d travelled previously, both solo/ with friends- but this was the hardest leap so far. I remember being at the airport a year ago feeling sick with fear. 🥺 It was the best decision I ever made. This trip was my biggest challenge, and biggest achievement. Never before have I learnt more about the world and myself; felt more empowered; felt more proud of myself or more free. 🌎 However it’s also been the hardest to return from. Those amazing feelings are a distant dream. ☹️ I’ve spent the last 5/6 years of my life always saving up to go travelling. It’s hard having to readjust my mindset/ sense of purpose/ knowing who I am. I miss it everyday.💔

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