Sarah de Sainte Croix

Sarah is an adventure traveller and aspiring freelance travel writer, with editorial experience working for online walking site WalkingWorld.com.

The moto-railway, Colombia

Train delays getting you down? The villagers of San Cipriano have the answer: glue a trolley to a motorbike, plonk it on the tracks and call it a train.

Singing bird contest, Suriname

Dawn breaks over a football field. Stakes are driven into the ground. Twenty burly men wait anxiously in a ring…. then a row of caged birds begins to sing.

Tinku Festival, Bolivia

Does club kicking-out time on a Saturday night send you scuttling for the nearest taxi? Then don“t mess with the Bolivians.

Day of the Gnocchi, Uruguay

It may sound like a low budget horror movie, but the truth about the Day of the Gnocchi in Uruguay is far more tantalising.

Church of Santo Daime, Brazil

Think of a church. Now think of a church where powerful hallucinogens and explosive vomiting are as normal as hymns and prayers.

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