Jon and I were thrilled to be able to have a full day layover in Tahiti. We were landing at around 1 am and leaving the following day at 7 am. Having limited time I researched exactly what I wanted to do for our one day on the island. A breakfast in town, a 3-hour … More Journey of Tahiti: A day in paradise, maybe
Due to our flights we ended up having a full week on Easter Island (Rapa Nui to the locals) which I was thrilled about. We rented a cute little room with an outside kitchen and it would be the first time in 4 months that I would be in one room for longer than 4 … More Journey of Easter Island, Chile: A week relaxing with ancient moai
In Santiago two of the things we were excited to do was to visit a Chilean winery and to go skiing. When we arrived the gentlemen at our hostel said that the snow near Santiago was pretty bad that year and that if we really wanted to ski we should go 6 hours south to … More Journey of Chillan, Chile: Our favorite misadventure
So I am embarrassed to say that I spent about 36 hours in Santiago, an amazing city with several visit worthy surrounding towns, and the only thing I saw was my hotel and shopping malls. When we arrived on the first afternoon after our 28-hour bus ride we showered and headed right to the LATAM … More Journey of Santiago, Chile: Shopping malls and hostels
After getting dropped off at the border of Chile we took an hour transfer to the closest town, San Pedro de Atacama. The town from the outskirts were the bus left us did not look like much. Jon and I were back and forth about whether to stay for a night or get heading right … More Journey of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: The wild west
Jon and I had agreed that we wanted to spend about 3 months in South America. As we had hit our three-month mark we were not able to spend much time in Bolivia. We did however, know that the Salar de Uyuni, covering 9,000 square kilometers was a must do. It is really not a … More Journey of Uyuni, Bolivia: Visiting the largest salt-lake in the world
After my “brocation” I figured the most appropriate place for me to take Jon next was to bike death road in La Paz, Bolivia. Death Road was, until the early 2000’s, the main route in Bolivia from the amazon basin through the mountains to the ocean. The name was obtained due to the number of … More Journey of La Paz, Bolivia: A trip down Death Road
We ended up spending about 7 weeks in Peru. This was because of its size and attractions but also because we had pre-arranged the Inca-Trail trek months before leaving at the end of August which was the first available date we could get. We did take a short side trip to Copacabana, Bolivia but we … More Journey of Peru: In Review
As I write this I am sitting in a quaint little café in the center of Cusco feeling slightly less irrational and irritated than a few hours before. Jon and I were both really looking forward to this part of our trip where both my brother and Jon’s friend, Kyle would be joining us. Jon … More Journey of Cusco, Peru: The lesson of Bros before girlfriends and sisters too.
As we headed down into the ruins of Machu Picchu from Sun Gate the mist cleared and before us was Machu Picchu in all its mysterious glory. I can’t imagine getting my first glimpse of the magical city from any other view (the day trippers come up from under the site). As we headed deeper … More Journey of Machu Picchu: The big day
Journey with Christina 