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Happy New Year! It's been a while now (it feels like) since exams finished. We celebrated by going to Disneyland (which was a bit funny because Disney featured in a number of the classes that I took) and then we flew back to Sydney (home sweet home) to spend the break. It's amazing to reflect …
Ecuador was planned as a continuation of the more "outdoors-y" portion of this South America holiday. As part of our visit, we focused on Quito (and surrounding sights) and Banos, with the full intention of coming back to visit the rest of the country another time! Quito Quito is a very large city, spanning ~60km …
From Bogota, we began the more adventurous portion of our Colombian travels. There were two main agenda items for this portion of the trip: Cocora Valley and Laguna Verde. Salento Salento is a small, colourful and vibrant town located west of Bogota. We arrived on a Sunday and the town was buzzing with activity--there were heaps of …
This series is a bit (i.e. seriously) delayed... oops. My introduction to Colombia (and South America, for that matter) was a week or so spent across three of Colombia's cities--Cartagena, Medellin and Bogota--each of which had an entirely different vibe, making it fascinating and interesting to transition from one to the next. Cartagena Our journey …
The last two months since school started have been much more frenzied than I expected. Maybe it's because I incorrectly set my student-life expectations or I've become too accustomed to having a schedule and direction, but I've felt continually frazzled without actually doing or achieving much. And so, I could not be more thankful for …
This isn't actually a recent visit, but this place holds a special place in my heart and so I wanted to share it. I didn't know much about Bonaire (or even that it existed) before we visited; we had intended to go to the Caribbean for a relaxing break and only stumbled across the country …
At least, for now. Yesterday, I finished up at the job I've held for the last 4.5 years. It's actually the only real full-time I've had since I finished my undergraduate degree so it felt a bit sad and scary to leave (I can't remember what it's like to not work!). At the same time …
Cambodia was meant to be the first overseas trip in my period of funemployment between finishing up at work and (re)starting my studies. So, it’s a slight pity that I’ve written this from my work computer after being back at work for (already) four weeks. Even this, though, can't take away from how enjoyable, educational …
I always feel more accountable to something once I've verbalised it to someone or, to be honest, feel like I've verbalised or committed it to someone (even if no-one cares or hears). So, to keep myself on track, I'm posting that learning Python is the top of my priority list of "new skills" and I …
Writing has never been my forte and, it is fair to say that, after four and half years in banking, it has only deteriorated further. But, since I’m leaving that world (soon), I decided it was the perfect time to try something new and improve that skill. This blog is as much about documenting my …
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