Life in Bitesize

Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to go travelling around South America for 4 months with my boyfriend. Anyone who is considering going travelling, I say just do it! It’s the best thing you will ever do, and you will not regret it I promise. A lot of people worry about the dangers of travelling, and I have to say, I thought about it a lot before making the decision to go. I don’t think I would have gone on my own, particularly to South America where we went, but we actually met a lot of solo female travellers who were doing just fine. I think if you are streetwise and sensible, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t go.

Me and Rob in the Atacama Desert, Chile

My mum gave me a St Christopher pendant before I went away. They are supposed to protect you whilst travelling, as Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelling. I have to say nothing really bad happened to us, so maybe it worked, who knows. The worst things to happen to us were a few dodgy buses, a few dodgy atms and once we somehow ended up walking through the notorious neighbourhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires on our own without a guide (if you haven’t heard of La Boca, trust me, it’s not the safest place to be, particularly for two lone English travellers!)

We did hear a few horror stories from other travellers, the worst being a girl being held hostage during carnival in Rio(!), which was pretty awful, but luckily she was fine. I think if you’re careful, sensible and keep on your guard you will be fine. If you ever get into a bad situation, there’s always someone around to help – even if you don’t speak the language very well, usually there’s someone who can speak English around, even if they can only speak a few words. Speak to other travellers, they give great advice. We wrote a travel blog while we were away, so check it out if you get a chance. We didn’t write many posts, but it gives you an idea of what we got up to.

If you’re thinking about travelling and have any questions, please send them my way – I’ll be happy to answer them 🙂