[vc_row full_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1630059503287{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-bottom: 150px !important;background-image: url(https://hownottohaveamidlifecrisis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/hans-luiggi-uvQmacxnfcE-unsplash-scaled.jpg?id=2746) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Stories from South and Central America” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:50|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:1.2″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1593975708429{margin-top: 10vh !important;}”][vc_column] The next morning Luis, my scuba diving instructor, and I were diving in very shallow water when we heard a deafening roar which got increasingly louder. I knew it could only be one thing; a speedboat heading straight for us. Fortunately, my first reaction was to keep breathing through my regulator and to try and get down close to the sea floor. However, my buoyancy prevented me from doing this effectively, so in an instant Luis lay on top of me and flattened me. Within seconds the boat passed over with its propellers missing us by less than a foot. Luis signalled to check I was ok and we swam under water back to the shore with him clutching my hand tightly. Once on the dock he turned to me and asked if I believed in God, before looking skywards and crossing his heart. He then promptly sat on the… When Tom Owen’s Caye, a one-acre island in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, came into sight it really did look like the set… Last weekend I made the tortuous trip from Costa Rica to Belize. This involved 4 flights, and the planes got noticeably smaller as the… I am pleased to announce that I am still ‘ringworm free’ and have now moved to work in a wild animal rescue centre. This… It was with a very heavy heart that I left the Galápagos Islands and the wonderful 2 and 4 legged inhabitants I had shared… I am staying on Isabela Island. At 60 miles long it is by far the largest island in the Galápagos and also one of… I have many things on my bucket list but camping on the side of an active volcano isn’t one. However when the opportunity for… My journey from Ecuador to the Galápagos Islands was far from straightforward. Firstly, I had to catch a plane to the tiny island of… After my unplanned, but most enjoyable week, in the city of Cuenca I started the three day journey to the Galápagos Islands. My first…
