Finally…Costa Rica 2025
It started in 2020…when a family wedding trip was cancelled and travel plans were put on the back burner. We had every intention to get to Costa Rica “one day.” […]
Tied Up With a Bow
Arequipa A very rough overnight bus took us from Puno to Arequipa, the second largest city in Peru. A UNESCO city surrounded by 3 important volcanoes and the access city […]
High Water
As it takes only 10 mins for the people boats to cross, we have a 20-minute wait before our bus arrives to drive the very scenic last hour to Copacabana. […]
Bolivia’s Capital Cities
Part 1: A Wild Ride to Sucre When a booked bus from Uyuni to Sucre went awry, dropping us off at the wrong transfer station in Potosí, we had to […]
Bolivia: Just Add Salt
Our entry to Bolivia was by way of a land crossing about 45 minutes from San Pedro de Atacama. The only way to travel over the desert and salt flats […]
“…we’ll be counting stars”
Back to Chile our next adventure started with a 2.5 hour flight from Montevideo to Santiago, a 3.5 hour wait in the airport, and a 1.75 hour flight to Calama. […]
Why (Not) Uruguay?
Just a 75-minute ferry ride from Buenos Aires lies the diminutive country of Uruguay. With a population of 3.5 million people, the majority living in the Montevideo area, this country […]
Let’s Tango
Following immediately on the heels of Rio (population 13.8 million), we cannot avoid a quick comparison of 2 ‘world-class’ cities 3 air hours apart (in South America, this might be […]
A Taste of Brasil
Rio de Janiero at autumn’s onset… We found it really difficult to stop using Spanish, which after a couple months was becoming almost automatic. And Brazil is a big deal country […]
Rapa Nui
As Santiago is the portal to Isla de Pascua (aka Easter Island), we felt immensely privileged to have the opportunity to visit this most westerly and remote part of Chile. […]
Vino y Mas!
Another overnight bus ride (18 hrs) had us arrive in Mendoza around 8:30 am. The scenery was stunning. While there are several wine producing areas in Argentina, Mendoza is by […]
Argentinian Patagonia: part 2 aka The Lake District
The holidays around Carnavale meant that we could not find a flight to head north, so a 24-hour bus ride was the alternative to transport us to Bariloche (full name […]
Argentinian Patagonia part 1: Sur
While Ushuaia is part of Patagonia, there are 2 more parts of Patagonia that we visited…the southern area of El Calafate / El Chaltén and the northern area around Bariloche. […]
Fin Del Mundo
An 11-hour bus ride took us across the Straight of Magellan by ferry, then “stamped out” of Chile an hour before the border crossing into Argentina, on our way to […]
Chilean Patagonia
A 3+ hour flight from Santiago to Puerto Natales, in the heart of Chile’s Patagonia. Puerto Natales (pop ~ 20,000) This town has no direct road connection to the rest […]
graffiti or art?
While Santiago is the capital of Chile, the most important port lies 2 hours to the west. This was the main port on the west coast prior to the Panama […]
Waaay South…
Exploring South America Well! We’ve finally run the technological gauntlet of seemingly global control over accessing your own accounts when not on your home computer! The entire google-sphere seems hell-bent […]
Autumn Hiking
Glacier-Waterton National Parks 2023 We are delighted to share some of the highlights of our recent mountain hiking as we test our bodies and our gear in preparation for the […]
ColourFall: SD-WY-MT-ID-WA-home
ColourFall: Kansas & Nebraska (via Missouri)
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Never a Dull Moment 