We celebrated our fifth month of frolic-and-detouring in Egirdir, Turkey, in the Lakes District. Incidentally, I had a an administrative law professor who was this stout dude from Boston–he looked like he was a college fullback–who was the first person to teach me…
Caribbean Cartagena
After buzzing, modern-feeling Medellin and a few days in lush, isolated coffee country, Cartagena came as a surprise. First of all, it was steamy. Every day that we were there it was humid and extremely hot, so much so that…
Feel the Buzz: Colombian Coffee Country
I love coffee. I love it in the morning, in the afternoon and even at night. I love everything from a fancy espresso to regular drip coffee. I love it in hot weather or when it’s cold. Colombian coffee is…
Medellin Mini-Break
On the morning of May 2nd, we woke up on our boat amid the Galapagos islands, in Ecuador. That night we went to sleep in Medellin, Colombia. Getting from one place to the other entailed a Frolic & Detour record-setting…
Galapagos Adventures
Along with the Inca Trail and Patagonia, a trip to the Galapagos was a must-do for our time in South America, but the booking process was daunting, There are countless choices: island hopping or cruise, duration of trip, route of…
Markets & Churches: 3 Days in Quito, Ecuador
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…
Sun, Sand, & Yet More Ceviche: Mancora, Peru
We flew from Lima to Piura airport, close to the northern border of Peru, on April 17. Brian, as usual, was extremely entertaining while in flight. After we landed it was about a two hour trip by car to Las…
Eating Our Way Through Lima
The travelers we’ve encountered on this trip haven’t had too many positive things to say about Lima, Peru– so much so that we initially had the impression that it was a potentially skippable city. After a bit of research, though,…
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…