Cafe Yurac Yacu in the High Andes
We are in Huaraz, Peru at a 10,000 feet elevation getting ready to go on the 4 day Santa Cruz trek. But today we decided to get off the beaten path a little and wander out to a small community about 30 minutes from town to eat lunch. The Yurac Yacu Café is part of the Andean Alliance and supports local projects and provides training and employment for members of the community. We had read about it the day before in a cafe in Huaraz...
Rules to Travel By
Rule 1: Always Say Yes “Learn to say no” is pretty popular lately; it is even the subject of books. But we suggest that whether you’re out traveling for a week or a lifetime, the correct answer to almost any question is “yes.” Many of our favorite memories from the last year have resulted from saying yes to invitations. “Would you like to drive the boat?” (But I’m not licensed!)...
A post about wine (and friends)
We have now been to all the famous wine regions of the world: Italy, France, Spain, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile and California. Apparently Italy, France, and Spain make almost half of all the wine in the world. As we traveled through these regions, we made sure to visit wineries and taste the local wines. I would love to write you a post about how I learned the grapes, vineyards and vintages and could now go...
FAQs that others ask us
I compiled a short list of the most commonly asked questions of us, once people learn we’ve been traveling for over a year. I thought it was interesting. Where is your favorite place? We always qualify this answer because it’s actually impossible for us to pick. This is the short answer: Favorite City: Istanbul Favorite Countries: New Zealand, South Africa, Norway Newest Addition to the List: Patagonia (click the links to...
Why we did the Torres Del Paine Circuit
In 9 days we walked 90 miles in the Torres Del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia. This was a test of our trekking ability, and 100% my fault. For the last 2 months we had only planned on doing the “W” trek, which is a very popular 4 night trek. From home in Seattle we had made advance reservations to stay in the Refugios (living in style) and a tent where the refugio was full. Once we were in Puerto Natales –...
How to get to El Chalten, Patagonia in 24 hours
We started our 24 hours of travel headed for the Miami airport after an overdue visit to Matt’s extended family in the Ft. Lauderdale area. Our flight itinerary was Miami – Buenos Aires – Bariloche – El Calafate on Aerolineas Argentinas, then bus to El Chalten. Aerolineas Argentinas did not let us check in online, so we made sure to give ourselves lots of time to make it through Miami traffic, return the rental...
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