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July 28, 2017July 18, 2019Emily PippardLeave a Comment on The Adventure (and Blog) Begins… travelling in Western Australia!

The Adventure (and Blog) Begins… travelling in Western Australia!

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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.💔

A smoking Mount Etna rising above Sicily 🌋 the tallest active volcano in Europe at 3350m.

More from Pompeii 🏛 The last picture is one of several bodies that were buried under ash in their exact last positions nearly 2000 years ago! 📜

Pompeii amazed me. I didn’t expect it to be anywhere as big as it was - it’s absolutely huge. The eruption of Vesuvius in 2079 buried the city under 6 metres of ash and pumice. Amazingly this preserved bodies, animals so well you can almost see their faces. Just bizarre. 🏛 . Another thing that wowed me was how forward thinking the Romans were - the roads all had drainage, there were stepping stones for people to cross over the road that were wide enough for wheels to pass through like modern day speed bumps. In their houses/ bathrooms there were ventilation systems and ways to get the best light - they thought of everything! 🏛

There are no cars on the island of Capri, everyone walks everywhere. Can you see the stone walkway that takes people down to the little village just ahead? It started halfway up the cliff - walking down would be okay but you wouldn’t want to walk back up again! ⛰🇮🇹

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