Texas Road Trip
A few weeks ago, Andrew and I decided it was time for another road trip. Originally, we were thinking we would just take a weekend trip down to Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in… Continue reading
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Road Trip to Sequoia
We recently went on a 17-day road trip that took us 4,000 miles, out to Sequoia National Park and back, with many stops along the way. It was an unusual time to take… Continue reading
3-Month Farmiversary
A couple of months ago we asked ourselves, at what point should we start saying we are ‘living’ at the farm rather than just ‘staying’ at the farm? One month? Two months? Three?… Continue reading
Quarantine Times
We made it back to the States! It was a stressful few days there in Quito, constantly on the lookout for flights, constantly monitoring Facebook groups of stranded travelers, constantly calling the embassy… Continue reading
The Amazon Rainforest
Last week we stepped onto a boat to begin a 5-day stay in the Amazon Rainforest. Little did we know how quickly things would change in the outside world while we were there!… Continue reading
Good Accommodation Choices, Bad Accommodation Choices
You’d think that Andrew and I would be better decision-makers by this time when it comes to accommodation while traveling. But we still sometimes mess up, putting too much stock in reviews or… Continue reading
Mindo, Ecuador: A Magical Place
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: We have officially discovered one of our favorite places on Earth. We just spent 4 days in Mindo, Ecuador, and those were probably some of the best days of our trip… Continue reading
Hiking in Patagonia: The “O” Circuit in Torres del Paine
There are a few different ways to hike in Torres del Paine in Patagonia. Some people base themselves from one of the more accessible camps and do a few different day hikes. Another… Continue reading
Hiking in Patagonia: El Chalten and El Calafate
Last Monday we boarded a 22 hour bus from El Bolson to El Chalten (turns out Argentina is huge!) and we arrived in El Chalten at 7:30 am. Though we were a bit… Continue reading
Hiking in Patagonia: Bariloche and El Bolson
At last! We’ve reached the hiking portion of our trip. We flew to Buenos Aires on February 1st and then on to Bariloche the next day. We were so ready to get out… Continue reading
What we ate in Mexico City
There was a lot of great food for us to sample in Mexico City, both on the street and in restaurants. We ate so many different kinds of tacos and other Mexican dishes,… Continue reading
Angangueo and the Butterflies
When we heard that now was the time that the Monarch butterflies were in Mexico, we knew we would have to take an excursion from Mexico City to go see them. Every year,… Continue reading
What we do when 88% of our time is free time
We’ve been in Mexico City for over two weeks now and our one and only time commitment is to our Spanish classes, which take place Monday-Friday from 10am-2pm. This means that we are… Continue reading
Packing for 3 Months of Travel
On January 1st we kicked off a 3-month trip during which we will be visiting Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Ecuador! We’ve started out in Mexico City, where we are spending a month taking… Continue reading
Lessons Learned in Tanzania
We have now left Tanzania, where we had lived since February 2014, first in the Peace Corps then working with One Acre Fund. We’d been there for almost 6 years – almost half… Continue reading
Goodbye TZ Tour
Since leaving Iringa, we’ve been doing a goodbye tour of Tanzania, which has been a combination of seeing places that we’d always wanted to see here with revisiting places and people we love.… Continue reading
Iringa Memories
We’ve officially left our home in Iringa! We have mixed feelings galore about doing so, as one does when choosing to leave a wonderful situation. We are now doing a couple of weeks… Continue reading
Tom & Lynn Visit TZ
At Christmas this past year, Tom & Lynn told us they had decided to come visit us in Tanzania at last. Our response was, “we’ll believe it when we see it!”… in other… Continue reading
Nepal
We’ve planned several times over the past few years to travel to Nepal in April, only to end up canceling or changing those plans for various reasons. In 2016, we actually bought our… Continue reading