I may not be traveling right now, but I certainly have lots of travels to recount. In conjunction with the podcast that Ryan and I are planning to start, I thought I would do a throwback to our first 6 month adventure in 2011 and begin to write about some of those amazing travels. First stop: Iceland. [Read more…] about Throwback Thursday: Iceland
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South America in 15 minutes
Well the last 6 months was certainly an adventure. In case you missed any of Ryan and I’s adventures, you can check out the video I made recapping some of the highlights here: South America 2014! Enjoy 🙂
Bucket List: How did I do?
I have officially been home for almost a week now, so I figured that it was time to update my South America bucket list and see how I did. [Read more…] about Bucket List: How did I do?
Jamaica, mon
Ryan and I debated for a long time as to what was the best way to get home from Peru. Flights directly to Canada were insanely expensive, plus we felt like we were due for some R&R before making our way back to the “real world”, whatever that is. Needless to say, we ended up finding a reasonably priced 4 day yoga retreat in Jamaica, and decently priced flights in and out of Jamaica. Sold! We took the red eye flight from Lima to Fort Lauderdale, arriving at around 6am, groggy, sleepy and in no mood to deal with the US border agents. After a grueling 7 hours in the Fort Lauderdale (with an hour and a half of that spent going through security), we were on our way to Montego Bay! [Read more…] about Jamaica, mon
Eating and Saying Goodbye in Lima
With nearly 10 million people, Lima is easily the biggest city in Peru. Normally a city this big completely intimidates me, but this one I was familiar with from my last trip to Peru. On top of that, Lima has a friendly little tourist district called Miraflores where you can find all sorts of comforts of home, from McDonald’s to Banana Republic (no, I did not visit either of them). One thing that I was no aware of the last time I was in Lima was the amazing food culture there. [Read more…] about Eating and Saying Goodbye in Lima
Welcome to the jungle of Iquitos!
If there is one thing that I truly love about Peru, it is how different the landscapes are in each place that you go. Ryan and I went from desert sand dunes, to a quick stop on the coast in Lima, and then over to the deep jungle. Iquitos is about as far into the jungle as it gets, only reachable by a very long and unpleasant boat ride, or by plane. Naturally (and because of time), we chose to take a plane. After a pleasant 3 hour journey, we touched down in the jungle, and were blasted by the heat and humidity upon exiting the plane. Within a few minutes I was drenched with sweat. Welcome to the jungle! [Read more…] about Welcome to the jungle of Iquitos!