Well things have certainly changed around here! I hope you and your family are physically and mentally healthy during this overwhelming time of COVID-19. No doubt this virus has changed our norms, things we depend on for survival, and how we interact with one another. I hope you are lucky enough to stay home and […]
Author: Alex
Coffee I LOVE YOU.
After Medellin we drove a couple of kilometers north to get to the central cordillera of Colombia. We (or I) was on the search for some coffee covered hillsides and unspoiled beauty. So our daily plans focused on being off the beaten path, finding donuts, and drinking coffee. We started our city-detox with the quaint […]
Me-de-jean: MetroCables and Murals
Medellin is a huge city. We generally try to stay away from big cities because driving Lola in tight cities is always a struggle, but cities are also the place where we can observe how modern culture and conveniences are incorporated by the country. Medellin is just as hip as NYC, busy as Boston, and […]
So What’s Colombia like?
(Written on 2/8/18, posted on 5/1/18) Well, right now I can tell you what the truck stops in Colombia are like. Dusty, some wifi, some toilet seats, there might be toilet paper in the bathrooms, small snack shops….it’s an interesting place to spend the night. For instance, this morning I witnessed white flabby neck cows […]
Just When You Think Things Are Going Smoothly…Van Oddities and the Pressure of THE END in Northern Ecuador
We emerged out of the Ecuadorian jungle! Our next destination was Cotopaxi, one of Ecuador‘s crown jewels. Emerging from the jungle definitely made me feel better temperature wise and I began looking forward to our border crossing to Colombia, only 2 weeks away. I figured everything was going to go great. I didn’t anticipate any cloudy skies, bugs, landslides, or additional […]
Baños and Beyond Fears of the Steaming Jungle
Our departure from the Galapagos were hard, you know when you’re in an amazing place and the likelihood that you will return is probably never. But, we forged on. In a way, we were very glad to be leaving low elevation coastlines because we are not hot climate people, although we thoroughly enjoy lazy beach […]
KIDS ONLY: Thinking About “Lonesome George” on Earth Day
“Don’t throw your garbage just anywhere! Take care of your environment, pick up after yourself! Trash ruins the environment and habitat of animals around us!” Our parents and teachers are always telling us to respect nature. But WHY??? What is all the fuss about, really? If I throw away just one candy wrapper or dirty tissue, is it really […]
Evolutionary Equatorial Magic: The Galapagos
Note to our Readers: We apologize for the massive delay in our posts. In an effort to try to bring you up to speed, we’re going to skip posting about our adventures in Peru and go straight ahead to Ecuador! We promise to write about our travels in Peru eventually. We spent two and a […]
Want to Wear Beautiful Woolen Skirts? Lago Titicaca & Tiwanaku Ruins Are The Place For It
Some places simply capture your heart and fill you with wonder. Lake Titicaca and Tiwanaku, only 50km away from one another, captivated me and were the cherry on top for our visit in Bolivia. Lago Titicaca, in the Aymara language Titi= Puma and Caca=Rock, truly took me by surprise and captured my heart and tapped into […]
Now, How do I Become a Flamingo? Southwest Bolivia’s Laguna Circuit
Getting to this remote and mother-nature-intense part of the world was a great accomplishment for us. Somehow (perhaps due to El Nino) the Andes of southern Bolivia and northern Chile received an unusually heavy snowfall in late May of 2017. It has happened in the past, one man told us that it had happened more […]