About Kimberley Casey

Founder of Time as a Traveller, where Independent Travellers share their extraordinary experiences. Kim is an Independent Traveller since 1997, and has travelled to 60+ countries. Writer. Photographer. Lover of Freedom. Specialist in off the beaten track, adventure, long-term budget travel and everything Latin America. Good at roughing it, long haul trips, and sleeping on all modes of transport. Read her story at https://timeasatraveller.com/founder-kim-casey/
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Surfers Paradise – Santa Catalina, Panama

Surf. It is the major part of our adventure. So after the flat Caribbean oasis of the San Blas Islands we headed out of Panama City toward the pacific coast of Panama. Snag # 1: two recently purchased second hand surf boards... not standard taxi issue. Only standard taxi's available. Bus leaves in 45 mins… Somehow Anthony works his magic and fits them in sideways inside the taxi, as long as no one makes any sudden movements, including the taxi driver. We make it to [...]

By |2016-10-25T17:32:10+11:00July 15th, 2012|Blog, Central America, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, Panama, Travel Stories|2 Comments
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Friends in Strange Places – The San Blas Islands

I was completely and utterly asleep and having a great dream while sitting in the back of a 4WD trundling along winding roads north of Panama City, when I was rudely awoken by a ‘tap tap tap’. I opened one sleepy eye only to be greeted by the face of a young Panamanian kid in military uniform, a large gun slung over his shoulder. I wound down the window… “Passport”. Rise repeat approximately seven times within the next half an hour… The road to white [...]

By |2016-12-16T10:24:11+11:00July 12th, 2012|Blog, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, Panama, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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Panama City

I stood looking out over the Panama Canal searching for inspiration for the Time as a Traveller post. My first natural response after seeing the museum and the movie was of course ‘great feats of human engineering’. But then I watched a huge container ship navigate the canal, and I thought of… water. Yes, plain, simple Water. Despite the mass hydraulics and various fancy mechanics that enable the canal to function, what it really comes down to is the power of water. Something that in [...]

By |2017-06-30T21:10:13+10:00July 10th, 2012|Blog, Central America, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, Panama, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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Cartagena, By Photos

We arrived in Cartagena via a lovely air conditioned minibus named Miramar. We stayed at Viajero hostel, which is inside the city walls of the old town (rather than Getsemane like most) and spent two days relaxing and checking out the town – well other than the first night when the hostel literally set up a dj right outside our dorm room. The highlight was sitting on top of the city walls at Café del Mar and watching the sunset over the horizon. Cartagena is [...]

By |2016-12-30T11:15:29+11:00July 8th, 2012|Blog, Colombia, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, Photography, South America, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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Cabo San Juan, Parque Tayrona… The Candle in The Wind

The most beautiful places on earth are often the most difficult to get to. That’s definitely something I’ve learnt on my travels. Stories of these places of magical beauty are paralleled only by the stories of how travellers got there. Full of sweat, tears, and in this case, incredibly sore calf muscles. Tayrona National Park is no exception. The morning of July 6 I woke up to a mosquito net followed by bare feet on wooden stairs, bare feet in sand, palm trees, and dark coloured [...]

By |2016-10-25T17:32:10+11:00July 7th, 2012|Blog, Colombia, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, South America, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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Surfing Betty – Playa Costeño, Colombia

There are often times when travelling when I've sat back and thought deeply about life... in fact, travelling is the time when this happens the most for me. Anthony had only been in Colombia two days before he was forced to ask himself a serious life question. "Given no other options, does a real man surf with a pink board named Betty?" As per the tattooed guy hiring out the board, the answer was a resounding "yes". After 1 day of catching up in Santa [...]

By |2019-01-15T12:03:12+11:00July 5th, 2012|Blog, Colombia, Featured, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, South America, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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On Arriving – Santa Marta, Colombia

Dear Anthony and Bryce, It's 5:32am in Canada… I can barely convey how tired I am. Thankfully, I’m being fed coffee. I have 4 flights over the next 24 hours… and many hours in airports.I feel rubbish, but through my hazy eyes I can tell you that I have never been so excited about my travel companions. See u in Colombia, Sis xo The three of us were coming from three different directions to meet up in Santa Marta on the north coast of Colombia. I [...]

By |2019-01-15T12:07:28+11:00July 3rd, 2012|Blog, Colombia, Featured, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, South America, Travel Stories|1 Comment
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Journey 2012 – The Freedom Days

2012 a year of change as prophesy would have it. Whether it be destruction... enlightenment... truth... 2012 appears to be the year where big changes are made, where the lines are drawn in the sand. Both globally and for a lot of people, personally. For me? Well to be honest, 2011 was so utterly rubbish that I'll take the change. Whatever that may be. In 2011 I thought my traveling days were over. I arrived home after five years away and attempted to settle back into real life and society [...]

By |2016-10-25T17:32:10+11:00July 3rd, 2012|Blog, Central America, Colombia, Freedom, Journey 2012 - The Freedom Days, South America, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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Oops – an accidental run-in with Punta del Este

Uruguay was never on our Itinerary but I'd heard good things about a resort town called Punta del Este on the southern tip of Uruguay, which was only 6 hours form Buenos Aires. So we decided to take 3 days out and check it out. To reach Punta del Este we woke up bright and early to take a three hour ferry ride to Montevideo followed by a three hour bus ride to the resort town. I had heard that Punta del Este was quite busy over summer, with the [...]

By |2017-05-07T11:10:50+10:00January 14th, 2010|Blog, South America, Uruguay|0 Comments
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The Magic of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is everything that everyone raves about and more. It's a big city, with even bigger character. After the 52 hour bus ride up from Ushuaia, we stumbled into Terrazas Estoril hostel on Avenida de Mayo smelling the worst I've smelt in a long time but feeling like heros. Our dorm room  was a small dome room on the roof of the hostel. There was a pool just outside the door... a very cool blow up baby pool. I immediately loved the hostel and the [...]

By |2017-12-03T09:16:45+11:00January 10th, 2010|Argentina, Blog, South America, Travel Stories|0 Comments
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