When you're travelling long distances overland, taking an overnight bus is a budget-friendly way to get from A to B. I used night buses a lot throughout South America and whilst they were daunting at first, they can save you accommodation for a night and give you more time to explore a destination during the day.

One might think that the more I travel, the shorter my bucket-list becomes. Yet every time I visit a new city or country, that list just seems to be ever growing. Stretching my legs in Sucre after a 9-hour rugged bus journey, a brief stop-over turned into...