The Ungraceful Guide

This week we welcome you to the world of volunteering. From chocolate making in the mountains of Colombia to running with the street dogs in Thailand.

From disastrous "VIP" bus journies and 60-year-old stoners, to swearing in French, and penis shaped Gods; on this week's podcast we get lost in Laos.

On episode 5 join us as we wander joyfully through the narrow streets of our weird minds and regale you with tales of dog sanctuaries and squat toilets.

Let's talk about a country we never knew existed and could barely pronounce. Let's jump across the border into Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in Central America yet definitley the most exciting.

Where we saw hot molten lava, flew down live volcanoes on wooden boards, ventured over 30 hours via busses and boats to an insolated Caribbean island, and got trapped in a hostel by a scam artist on the volcano-made island of Ometepe.

But at the end of it all, the only question we need answered is this, how do you pronounce Nicragaua?

We reminisce about our days in Mexico City, share some quirky customs we learned while in San Cristobal de las Casas (one that involves alcohol and a chicken), and Katie shares her most embarrassing life moment.

Katie and Luke are two Irish self-diagnosed wanderlust sufferers, who share their ungraceful tales, funny experiences and travel realities while backpacking the world.