It feels like a time warp. It has officially been over six months since Brice and I packed up our condo in Portland, said goodbye to our friends and family, and hit the road. Six months of adventures, exploring new places, meeting incredible people and seeing numerous sights! Especially with it not just being a… Read More Six Months In
I am not a boat person – I get seasick super quickly; I have a crazy fear of dark, open water. The idea of sleeping on a boat sounds particularly horrible to me. So I wasn’t the most excited when Brice pitched a multi-day tour along the San Blas Islands that cross between Colombia and Panama.… Read More Island Hopping with San Blas Adventures
Let’s now flashback to a few weeks prior when Brice and I were still in Cartagena, Colombia. Brice had read a good day trip was to El Totumo, a small volcano made of mud that you could climb into for a “spa treatment.” It was pitched as probably one of the weirdest experiences you’ll ever… Read More The Ultimate Mud Spa Experience: El Totumo Colombia
After years of traveling together, Brice and I have realized that we have very different travel planning techniques. Brice likes to read the Lonely Planet literally cover to cover, like from the History section all the way to Logistics, without skipping a bit, even if we know we aren’t going to that area. For me,… Read More Why You Shouldn’t Miss Medellín
Cartagena is like the tale of two cities – the old city that is surrounded by the 16-century fortress wall and filled with small, cobblestone streets and historic buildings, and the new city with huge skyscrapers lining the water. With colorful architecture, clean water and good food, it’s easy to see why Cartagena has become… Read More What to Do in the Cartagena Heat
Having stayed in the surprisingly large beach town of Santa Marta for 5 nights post-trek, we were finally ready to move on. So over another delicious breakfast of arepas, pancakes and eggs at Casa de Isabella, we began plotting our next moves. We had read that Palomino, a super tiny backpackery town 1.5 hours north,… Read More Enjoying the Laidback Life in Palomino
Brice asked me yesterday one sentence to describe our 4-day trek in northern Colombia that we took a few weeks ago. I paused as I thought about it. “It was an epic adventure filled with incredibly beautiful views, welcoming people, surprisingly good food, and a lot of hills that left me exhausted, covered in bug… Read More 4 Day Trek, 6 Day Recovery
Hello from Colombia! We have spent the last two weeks since leaving Costa Rica in the beautiful country of Colombia. I know what you may be thinking, because I thought the same thing (and have heard it from a few folks directly as well) – Colombia? You mean the place where Narcos was set? Isn’t it… Read More First Impressions: Colombia