On the 21st we left our lovely beach front hotel outside Mancora, Peru, and set out for Quito, Ecuador. Along the way we took: a rickshaw from our hotel to downtown Mancora; a mini bus for about an hour and…
Four Month Roundup
We celebrated our 4 month travel anniversary while in Colombia, traveling from Hacienda Guayabal (a coffee plantation near the small town of Chinchina) to Cartagena. Here’s what we’ve got for month 4: Countries visited: 3 Beds slept in: 9 Long…
Cusco & the Sacred Valley
On April 3rd we set out from Puno (on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca) to Cusco by bus. Our intrepid traveling companions, Matt and Ashley, weren’t arriving to Cusco until the following day, so we spent the 3rd catching…
Northwest Argentina: Birthday Festivities in Tilcara
On March 15th we hopped back into our trusty rental car and said goodbye to Cafayate. The drive brought us back through Salta, into the northwest province of Jujuy, to the small desert town of Tilcara. The road from Salta…
Iguazu Falls, Argentina
On March 6th we returned to Buenos Aires after about a week in Uruguay. BA was only an overnight layover before flying to northeast Argentina; however, before leaving the city we felt compelled to go to one last steak dinner…
Trekking on the Perito Moreno Glacier
Brian here again. Argentintine Patagonia, take II, let’s dive in: January 16th was a travel day. After breakfast we caught the bus from El Chalten to El Calafate. Rachel and I left A&R at our hotel, and explored the city…
Patagonia, from the Argentinian side (part 1)
Before diving in, you should know there’s been an author change. This is my (Brian) first solo post. My writing style will bring about certain changes to the blog, such as: a general decline in style and grace, more commas…