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.
