Six months ago today we set foot in the United States for the first time in over a year and a half. It was 5:55am on a Tuesday morning. Back in Brazil The evening before, our hosts had given us a ride to the airport amid some other errands they had to run. Everything we … Read more
Returning to the United States
January 1st, 2015 | Posted by in About | Border Crossings | Brazil | Celebrations | Dogs | Speedbumps | The Places We've Been | United States - (6 Comments)A Saturday in São Paulo
April 24th, 2014 | Posted by in A Day in the Life | Brazil | Celebrations | Food | Sports | The Places We've Been - (5 Comments)Last Saturday marked six years since the day of our wedding. Our plans for celebration were loose at best, being generally outlined as ‘have a great day’, ‘go do stuff in São Paulo’, and ‘eat and drink whatever we want’. Well, not to brag, but we totally nailed it. After taking the dogs out to … Read more
Candombe in Colonia: A Party in the Streets
April 7th, 2014 | Posted by in Celebrations | The Places We've Been | Uruguay - (1 Comments)I was working at the table in the living room of our flat when I heard the drums in the distance on the first night. Their rhythms were the background noise to my evening on the job and occasionally I would open the window and lean out for a better listen. Eventually the volume began … Read more
Penguinos!
February 13th, 2014 | Posted by in Argentina | Celebrations | Penguins | The Places We've Been | Video - (5 Comments)So, penguins. Guys… penguins. We rode on a bus and then we got off of that bus and got onto a boat and then we got off of that boat and found ourselves standing on a beach with hundreds and hundreds of penguins. Penguins!! Feel free to skip ahead to the pictures and video if … Read more
Christmas in Potosí, Bolivia
January 1st, 2014 | Posted by in Bolivia | Celebrations | The Places We've Been - (2 Comments)Potosí might never have landed on our radar were it not for Salar de Uyuni and the apartment that we loved in La Paz being booked for the week of Christmas. But we wanted to visit the salt flats and were looking for a place to stay during the holidays, so when we found a … Read more
In La Paz
December 26th, 2013 | Posted by in Bolivia | Celebrations | Food | Lodging | Oh | The Places We've Been - (7 Comments)In La Paz… …residents live in the world’s highest de facto capital. At approximately 12,000 feet (the city sits in a bowl, so true altitudes range greatly from 10,500 to 13,500 feet), La Paz is Bolivia’s cultural or people’s capital while Sucre is the legal capital. The city itself has a population of 877,000, but … Read more
Cuenca Independence Day Celebrations
November 7th, 2013 | Posted by in Celebrations | Ecuador | The Places We've Been - (2 Comments)Celebrations ring through the air for days at the beginning of November in Cuenca in honor of the city’s Independence Day, officially the 3rd of the month. Like other large population centers in the region, Cuenca won its independence (1820) before the country as a whole did in May of 1822, and both dates are cause … Read more
The Worst 9 Moments of Our First Year on the Road
September 19th, 2013 | Posted by in About | Celebrations | Costa Rica | Dogs | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Oh | Speedbumps | The Places We've Been - (6 Comments)Yesterday we shared our best 10 moments from our first year as Vangabonds, and so today we think it’s only fair to fess up about the worst 10 as well. Except we couldn’t think of 10 moments that were all that deserving. We stretched ourselves, but 9 will have to do. As we devised this … Read more
The Best 10 Moments of Our First Year on the Road
September 18th, 2013 | Posted by in About | Canada | Celebrations | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | The Places We've Been | United States - (3 Comments)For the last year we have opened our lives to the people, environments, customs, and experiences of a range of different places within North and Central America. These various aspects of the locations we’ve temporarily called home have gifted us with countless incredible memories and extensive mental reminders of our journey thus far. Now, as … Read more
One Year on the Road: A Reflection
September 17th, 2013 | Posted by in About | Celebrations - (16 Comments)In the midst of all of our Darien Gap adventures, we failed to mention or celebrate a pretty meaningful milestone in our life – our one year travelversary. You know, a travelversary. It’s like an anniversary, except with travel. We flew from Panama to Colombia on the eve of our travelversary and woke up for … Read more