"We are Toby & Alison. In October 2013 we packed up, left our careers and embarked on the trip-of-a-lifetime around the world. We have no idea how long we will travel for, or what we're going to do along the way. This blog is a record of our adventures and (hopefully minor) mishaps." 
Iquitos & The Amazon – Hunting Pink Dolphins
The journey didn’t start off well. We had just sat down on the bus to Lima where we were due to catch our plane to Iquitos, an Amazonian city inaccessible by road. We were...
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Volunteering at the Jaguar Rescue Center
In Costa Rica I fell in love, deeply in love. His name was Connan and he had the most amazing golden-brown eyes: they seemed to look straight into my soul. I was tempted to...
Attacked by a jealous monkey
This is the story of how I came to be bitten by a jealous lady-monkey and survived to tell the tale. In the interest of full disclosure, I also experienced a nightmare-come-true whilst volunteering...
Monkey School
Most of my time at the Jaguar Rescue Centre was spent looking after, napping with, attempting to discipline, comforting and playing with monkeys. Each day at the rescue centre the monkeys are taken to...
Costa Rica – A Wildlife Contradiction?
After only a couple of weeks in Costa Rica our wildlife viewing stats have gone through the roof! Everywhere we look, there are sloths, monkeys, parrots, caimans, Jesus-Christ lizards and much much more. Indeed,...