When I quit my job last year to travel around the world, I planned on traveling abroad for 4 months and then coming home and finding a job. Then I met Graham, in the middle of the Australian Outback. To make a long story short: we hit it off big time, changed plans to meet… Continue reading American Road Trip: My 10 Favorite Photos
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Mindo, Ecuador
I’ve shared travelogues on the majority of our South America trip: the Galapagos Islands, watching Condors in Colca Canyon, hiking the Lares Trek, visiting Machu Picchu, and two posts highlighting the rest of our time in Peru. But there’s one day I haven’t posted about yet: the day we spent in Mindo touring a chocolate… Continue reading Mindo, Ecuador
Peru, part 2
This post continues the travelogue of our adventures in Peru. If you missed part 1, you can catch up here. // After leaving Colca Canyon, we continued on to Puno, which was HQ for our Lake Titicaca explorations. Our first stop was the floating islands of Uros. These historic islands are made entirely from reeds – it’s… Continue reading Peru, part 2
Peru, part 1
When we started planning our trip to South America, we spent several full days looking at tour itineraries and trying to figure out where to go and how to spend our time. We considered Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Chili, Peru, Ecuador and different plans that included any and all combinations of those countries. A lot of… Continue reading Peru, part 1
Machu Picchu
There are times while traveling when you arrive at a long anticipating destination and the experience doesn’t match your expectations. I knew that Machu Picchu would be full of tourists. Most popular destinations are – I’m pretty good at ignoring crowds and finding my own personal experience and quiet moments in well-visited places. What I… Continue reading Machu Picchu
The Lares Trek
If you’re like Graham and I were in February, you’ve probably heard a lot about the Inca Trail and absolutely zero about the Lares Trek. The Lares Trek is another Inca trail near Machu Picchu in Peru. It is not *the* Inca Trail, but there are thousands of miles of Inca trails in Peru. You… Continue reading The Lares Trek
Condors
One of the most incredible parts of our time in Peru was the morning we spent watching Condors fly across Colca Canyon. We woke up early in the morning on Condor Day. We were staying in Chivay, a small town in the Colca Valley. We had to drive about 2 hours to the the Condor… Continue reading Condors
The Galapagos Islands
While I was traveling solo last year, I added so many places to my travel bucket list. It’s inevitable when you’re spending time with fellow travelers – most travel friendships start off with a lot of conversations about favorite travel destinations (however, the best travel friendships venture beyond this). You end up with more proof that… Continue reading The Galapagos Islands
Brief Blogging Hiatus: South American Travel
Galapagos penguin by Zoran Kovacevic // CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tonight Graham and I are setting out for a month in South America! We’ll be headed to the Galapagos Islands first, and then to Peru for 3 weeks, including Machu Picchu and the Lares Trail, and 3 days in the Amazon Rainforest. We are both excited, but we display… Continue reading Brief Blogging Hiatus: South American Travel
One Year Ago
One year ago today I got on an airplane heading west, to San Francisco. Four months and fourteen countries later I arrived back in New York City from the other direction. My trip around the world changed my life, and I’m so grateful for every moment, every experience, and all the incredible people I met… Continue reading One Year Ago
Buddha Park
Today let’s leave behind the below freezing weather in NYC and take a little armchair journey to southeastern Asia. It is late April, we are in Laos, and it’s one of the hottest times of the year. It’s humid. The water fights during Songkran helped keep us cool, but by the time we get to Vientiane we are a… Continue reading Buddha Park
Glacier National Park
I’m continuing to work on sorting through my travel photos, and so today I will share some of the ones I took at the breathtakingly beautiful Glacier National Park in Montana. We were only there for two days and two nights, but we packed a lot into our time there. We camped at Avalanche campground. Our… Continue reading Glacier National Park