Chile: My Favorite
Chile is sometimes described as the only consistently first world country in South America. It was the easiest to navigate, with good infrastructure, food, and safety. It had a variety of climates from the...
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Inkan South America: Peru
After aclimating to altitude for a few days we were ready for Cusco at 11000 feet of elevation. Our time in Peru was dedicated to Inka stuff in Cusco and Machu Picchu and Lake...
First Visit to South America
Our travels have taken us to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific but not our own back yard (Colombia is a 2 hour 30 minute flight from Miami). We finally got...
A Quick Trip to Paris
We switched our flight home to an earlier flight but still got to see the “Big 3” (Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame) and do a walking tour. My mom hung out in our Airbnb...
London: Trouble on our first trip back
This is a picture of the x-ray of my mom’s broken arm. Not the first picture we expected to post from our first overseas trip in 3 years. It happened on the first day...
Maui: Our Last Stop and Last Post (For Now!)
Maui is our last stop before heading back to Los Angeles for a quick trip to Disneyland before flying home. Since our year of travel kind of started with a trip with good friends...
Most Hawaiian Hawaii: Big Island Hilo Side
We visited the Hilo (rainy) side of the big island but it really wasn’t rainy at all. In fact, they had not had any rain for over 30 days which is pretty unusual. The...
More Hawaiian Hawaii: Big Island Kona Side
The big island of Hawaii is also called Hawaii (like NY, NY) so it gets a little confusing. The locals call it Hawaii island but most tourists just call it the big island (which...
Back in the States: Oahu Hawaii
Even though Hawaii is a very unique place, it is still a genuine state and it feels like it. Oahu is the most populous and least remote feeling island in Hawaii with some parts...
American Samoa: Back in the U.S.A….sort of
Our next stop is American Samoa, which is a U.S. territory. We are back to using US$, 110 volt plugs, and driving on the right but it is still quite different with many people...
First Steps Home: Fiji and Samoa
We are really missing home as we start the long island hopping portion of our trip home across the Pacific. We flew from NZ to Fiji and spent the night but still haven’t really...