February - 2018

Carnaval! Oruro, Bolivia

I could feel the tears starting to well up in my eyes. We were stranded at the Bolivian border. Our cell phones didn't work, we had no...

Stranded at the Bolivian Border

Our alarms went off at 6:00 a.m. and the power was still out in our lovely boutique hotel. We had no choice but to put on our headlamps...

Getting Wet in the Driest Place on Earth, The Atacama Desert, Chile

We were not washed away in the torrential rains during the night in the driest place on Earth. However, we still did not have power in...

The Driest Place on Earth, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

After two months in Chile we were headed to the last region of the county we had yet to visit, the northern region. We would visit the...

The Carretera Austral, The Southern Way Road Trip III

I knew that driving the Carretera Austral would be beautiful. I just wasn’t fully prepared for how beautiful it actually was. The drive...

The Marble Caves, Carretera Austral, Road Trip II

We awoke to a stunning view from our hostel in Rio Tranquilo on the western edge of General Carrerra lake. The clouds the day before had...

Carretera Austral, The Southern Way Road Trip Part I

We had no idea that it would be quite so difficult to get out of Puerto Williams. The town really is located at the end of the world....

A Journey to the End of the World, Puerto Williams Chile

In a park in downtown Punta Arenas, Chile, there is a bronze statue of an indigenous person centrally located and the focus of everyone...

Hiking the "O" Torres del Paine Part II

Torres del Paine is known as the 8th wonder of the world because of its natural beauty, exotic landscapes, and abundant flora and fauna....

Hiking the "O" Torres del Paine Part I

As I tossed and turned, I couldn’t stop thinking about what our friend Medi had said about the “O” hike he just completed in Torres del...