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Hiking Arco Iris Trail from the Río Cochamó Valley (Chile)

April 23, 2015 By John Widmer 8 Comments

Hikers enroute to Arco Iris summit

Hiking Chile’s Arco Iris trail currently reigns with many superlatives for us. The trek up Cerro Arco Iris was definitely the most challenging one-day hike we’ve ever been on, without question the most technical, and certainly one of the most stunning. When it comes to trekking in Chile, it’s the routes around Torres […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Chile, South America

A Month In Transit: Argentina to New Zealand |Month #15 Update

April 20, 2015 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Argentina is a really big country. You realize this when you take a series of busses from the glaciers surrounding its southern-most city all the way to the tropical rain forests at its northern border with Brazil. During our travels, we’ve never kept track of time spent on transportation, but […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Argentina

Surviving a 5-Day Flight

March 11, 2015 By John Widmer 17 Comments

Route map from Santiago to Atlanta to LA to Sydney to Christchurch

Due to some strange circumstances, we’ve wound up on a 5-Day Flight. We’re leaving on a Tuesday from Santiago, Chile and arrive to our destination of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday. This is the ultimate of long-haul redeye flights. So how do you cope? We’ve developed some tips to survive […]

Filed Under: Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World

Journey to the End of the World: Route to Ushuaia, Argentina

February 22, 2015 By John Widmer 1 Comment

Route map and highlights from Chile to Ushuaia, the end of the world.

Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego, in Argentina, is commonly known as the “End of the World” due to its geographic location. It’s the southernmost city in the world, located on the southern tip of South America. This “End of the World” nickname is used in tourist promotions and […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Argentina, Chile, South America

Climbing Volcan Villarrica: The Icy Hike to the Summit

February 18, 2015 By John Widmer 23 Comments

Summiting the villarica volcano

We had heard rumblings about an epic volcano climb in Southern Chile. So when we pulled into Pucon and laid eyes on the beautiful snow-capped Volcan Villarrica, she just begged for us to summit her icy cone. The very next day, we rose early to begin this exhilarating expedition. The […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Chile, South America

Lago Epuyen Kayak: A Day Trip from El Bolson, Argentina

February 10, 2015 By John Widmer 26 Comments

Collage of waterfall jump, kayaking, mate, and snorkeling in Lake Epuyen

Just south of the small Andean town of El Bolson, Argentina lays the settlement of Puerto Patriada which sits on the edge of Lago Epuyen. It’s a pretty remote spot that we couldn’t find any information about in any of our guidebooks. Yet its places like this that just beg for us […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Posts Tagged With: Argentina, South America

Panama Canal Cruise Tips, the Transit Experience, & Celebrity Infinity Review

February 3, 2015 By John Widmer 14 Comments

Bow of the Celebrity Infinity entering the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal

This is a three-part post about taking a Panama Canal cruise full transit. For our own personal experience transiting the Panama Canal on the Celebrity Infinity, simply continue reading. For Panama Canal cruise tips: skip here. For our brief Celebrity Infinity review of the Panama Canal transit: skip to the end. Our Panama Canal Transit Experience The […]

Filed Under: Travel Tips Around the World, Cruising Tips, Posts, Travel Bargains Tagged With: Panama

Our Top 20 Worst Travel Experiences: A Year in Review

January 9, 2015 By John Widmer 39 Comments

The end of 2014 also marked the end of our first full year of travel. So we recently posted about our absolute favorite experiences from this past year roaming around the world. But life on the road isn’t all gumdrops and unicorns. We certainly incurred our share of misfortunes too. […]

Filed Under: Misadventures Around the World, Posts Tagged With: Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Our Top 20 Favorite Travel Experiences from 2014!

January 6, 2015 By John Widmer 4 Comments

Top 20 travel 2014

One Very Full Year in Travel, The 20 Best Experiences: 2014 came to a close right at the same time that our first full year of travel has been completed, so we figured it’s a perfect time to recall and share our favorite travel experiences from this past year. In 2014 […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Austria, Belgium, Belize, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

Month #12 Travel Update: Roaming Around the US and South America

December 23, 2014 By John Widmer 2 Comments

Well folks, it’s now been an entire year since we began this crazy journey. We just can’t believe how quickly those 365 days have flown by. There never was a concrete plan or route in which we were traveling in but we never intended for our round the world trip […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America

Month #11 Travel Update: Roaming Around Greece and Crossing the Atlantic

November 17, 2014 By John Widmer 8 Comments

Route map from Turkey to Greece to Spain to Florida with photos & pictures

During the past 30 days, only 20 of them were spent on land, yet we somehow managed to roam around four different continents during this past month of travels! These last 30 days were also unique in that overwater travel became our primary means of transportation, as we didn’t use a […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Europe, Greece, Spain, Update

Month #10 Update: Roaming Around Romania & Turkey

October 16, 2014 By John Widmer 5 Comments

Flat island near Fethiye

Another month is in the books. On October 11, we actually marked 300 days of consecutive travel! We were really happy to celebrate this milestone here in Turkey, as it’s been one of our favorite countries so far. And while 300 days have gone by, it still feels like we’ve […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Monthly Updates, Posts Tagged With: Europe, Romania, Turkey

Budget Travel Cappadocia: A Guide to Goreme, Turkey

October 7, 2014 By John Widmer 29 Comments

Budget Travel Cappadocia Turkey Guide

Cappadocia is such an incredible area with so much to offer. We found it difficult to narrow down the top things to do in Cappadocia on a budget. We did manage to uncover some really great value here while still having incredible experiences. You can have a very budget-friendly Cappadocia experience with a […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Destination Guides, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Europe, Turkey

Beers Around Morocco

October 1, 2014 By John Widmer 14 Comments

Beer in Morocco In keeping up with our tradition of reviewing the beers around the countries we’ve visited, I am reluctantly posting this review of beer around Morocco. I say “reluctantly” because Morocco has been the worst of the 25 countries we’ve visited so far this year, but this is […]

Filed Under: Drinking Around the World, Beers Around the World, Eating & Drinking Around the World, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Morocco

The Barbary Apes of Azrou Morocco

September 24, 2014 By John Widmer 4 Comments

Mother and baby barbary ape

Introducing Azrou Of course, you’ve heard of Casablanca. And perhaps you’ve even visited Marrakech or Fez. But Azrou, Morocco? What the heck is there? We stopped in for a few days to find out. Only about an hour away from busy Fez and Meknes is the calm and tranquil village of […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Misadventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Africa, Morocco

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