Adventures with Cloud People – Travel Blog

It’s a pretty obvious fact that when you are out gallivanting through the wondrous world, you need somewhere to rest your weary bones come nightfall. Accommodation can be simply just a place to sleep and little else. Alternatively, it can sometimes be a lot more. By choosing somewhere to stay that fits in with your [...]

So, you’ve bought your round-the-world tickets, or are jetting off to some exotic location that no-one you know has ever heard of (I can still tell people that I lived in Honduras for a year and they will reply with something like: “what state is that in?”). You have your slick new hiking boots and [...]

There are certainly a lot of different philosophies when it comes to travel methods. Luckily for us, we both agree on one particular path. Had we not of, or our adventures could have gotten awkward. Our particular style, and we are both unashamed of the fact, is “snail’s pace”. We move from place to place [...]

Adventures with Cloud People is 6 months old! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal readers for following us as we sorted out all the things involved with running a blog. We hope you can stick with us as we get stuck into the 2011. A Few Popular Posts We [...]

We all know that Wikileaks has been the hot news topic of the week. Actually, when I’m travelling I sometimes get completely shut off from the outside world, so maybe we don’t all know. I have the luxury at the moment of sitting behind a computer to do some reading and the Wikileaks story has [...]

I always had a mild interest in travel and adventure, but nothing off the richter scale. Then when the opportunity came up through university to live in Germany for a few months for some work experience, I decided to give it a go for a bit of a laugh. My work time ended and I [...]

Travelling through Latin America and searching for a good read about the area? The following list of books will get you started! From the pre-Spanish arrival life of the Aztecs to a drug trafficking prison in Bolivia, they cover a pretty broad range of incidences and history. I tried to steer away from the super [...]

There are about a billion warnings you are meant to heed before going travelling, whether they may be for reasons of safety, health or simply for the sake of enjoying your trip to its utmost. They are published in guidebooks, found on government websites and bashed into your brain through your ear by your mum. [...]

We are both freshly inked! It was Jess’ first tattoo, and my third (and second ‘travel’ tattoo). My first one, I got back home. It was super planned, I needed to book an appointment in excess of one month ahead. Thinking about the experience, all I can remember is it felt like someone was sawing [...]

While pouring drinks and looking cool, we get asked quite a bit about how we found ourselves working in a hostel. This is my second time working in this particular hostel, the first time came about in a slightly unusual fashion. With plans to stay only two nights, I was enjoying a few quiet beverages [...]