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 …

Maxine Bramley in Guatapé
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.