Alice World Travels

Cyclists. This word alone for me conjures up images of men and women dressed head to toe in neon lycra, curved sunglasses with a mirror sheen reflecting the traffic and moody faces of pedestrians, whilst they whizz at lightning speed through the streets looking as fit and healthy as a…

I have been writing for Escapist Traveller Magazine for a few months now, and in June I was lucky enough to be invited on a press trip with them to the Lake District, courtesy of Visit England. Having always wanted to go but never having had the opportunity myself (mostly…

Two weekends ago I embarked on a somewhat impromptu trip to Copenhagen to see my friend Heidi who is studying there for a few months and who was celebrating her 21st that weekend. I had never been to a Scandinavian country before and the sun was shining, the air was…

After travelling with two of my best friends for three months, having the time of our lives and seeing things that are out of this world (but actually on it), we knew the journey had to end sometime. Chups and Mayo had planned an appearance in London, and I was…

There are one thousand favelas – slums – in Rio de Janeiro alone, with nearly a third of the population of the city residing in one. We visited the largest favela, Rocinha, home to nearly a quarter of a million people. The countless little shacks built upon the hills peer down on…

Once upon a time (last July), I was called a Jungle Girl along with three friends who went to Morocco and got some jungle trousers (but didn’t actually enter the jungle at all). This time, we actually went to the jungle. It was certainly an experience and we’ve come back…

Sorry I haven’t written a blog for so long. This is going to be another ‘super blog’, unfortunately. So brace yourselves! Almost two weeks ago we were three hours away from the border of Bolivia, but it ended up taking a week to get there. We had to do a…