"As my moto taxi drove past what I was sure was my hostel and continued deeper into the Colombian jungle, I was convinced I was about to meet my end. Clinging to the driver on the back of this rickety moped, the worst possible scenarios of what could happen to a female solo traveller in the middle of the night in the jungle flashed through my mind."
"After Maxine Bramley left her job as a TV reporter for a bucket-list adventure, she realised her 30-day Duolingo streak was not going to cut it ..."
A TV reporter leaves her job to pursue a bucket-list trip to Colombia and discovers that a 30-day Duolingo streak does not prepare her for real-world Spanish. A nighttime moto taxi ride bypasses her expected hostel and goes deeper into the jungle, triggering immediate fear for personal safety as a solo female traveller. Clinging to the driver on a rickety moped, she visualizes worst-case scenarios and confronts cultural and logistical challenges. The experience accelerates pragmatic language learning, heightens situational awareness, and prompts deeper engagement with local customs, transport risks and personal resilience.
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