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 […]
Budget Travel Cappadocia: A Guide to Goreme, Turkey
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 […]
The Barbary Apes of Azrou Morocco
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 […]
Sandstorm and Sandboarding: Our Camel Trek into the Sahara Desert (Erg Chebbi)
We had arrived midday to a riad in the village of Merzouga on the edge of a stretch of the Sahara known as Erg Chebbi. It was too hot for the camels to head out any earlier so our host, Omar, fixed us up some lunch and allowed us to […]
Ciudad Perdida: Trek to Lost City in Colombia
Ciudad Perdida is an ancient archeological site in Colombia once inhabited by the Tairona civilization. This former city is estimated by archeologists to have been founded around 600-800 AD and then abandoned sometime in the early-mid 1600s. The surrounding jungle began to take back the ancient city until being “discovered” […]
Sailing Around the San Blas Islands: Our Voyage from Panama to Colombia
Determining How to Get From Panama to Colombia To this point we had successfully made it all the way from Mexico to Panama completely overland aside from a few small stints overwater to some islands. Using buses, cars, boats, and a train, our journey took us the entirety of Central […]
Rushing Around Costa Rica Part 3: Whitewater Rafting the Pacuare River
This is our last entry about our hurried visit through Costa Rica. You can read about our highlights, lowlights, and opinions of some of the places we visited during our jam-packed tour of the country during Part 1 and Part 2. The last adventure during our stint in Costa Rica […]
Rushing Around Costa Rica Part 2: In Search of Nature and Adventure
This is Part-2 of our hurried visit through Costa Rica. See Part 1: Waterfall Edition (Rincon and Tenorio) here. Overall we had very mixed feelings about Costa Rica as a travel destination. We found there are undoubtedly some very beautiful worthwhile destinations to visit; yet other places seemed overly glorified […]
Rushing Around Costa Rica, Part 1: The Waterfall Edition
So far our travels through Central America had taken us on a pretty relaxed and slow pace, but when we arrived in Costa Rica, we found ourselves running very short on time. Now we would have to rush through this country and see what we could pretty quickly in order […]
The Best of Travel, Adventure, Food, and Drinks Around Central America
We traveled through all eight countries of Central America over the course of more than three months. Our 12-week Central America route took us overland from the Yucatan region of Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally to Panama. During this Central America overland journey, […]
Surfing Around San Juan del Sur Nicaragua
We often say that we’re not as interested in beach towns because as native Floridians and residents for about 30 years, we always had a beach nearby. So its simply not as much as a novelty for us. But San Juan del Sur has made us second-guess our stance on […]
Discovering the Island of Ometepe
Getting to Ometepe Of our four stops in Nicaragua (Leon, Granada, Ometepe, San Juan del Sur), we enjoyed Ometepe the most. This volcanic island is located smack dab in the middle of Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America. To get to Ometepe, you board a ferry for about an hour […]
Top 5 Things to Do In Granada, Nicaragua
There are lots of great things to do things to do in Granada, Nicaragua. While roaming around this charming colonial town, we tried to sample as many things to do in Granada as possible, so that we can bring you our top 5 recommendations from span from leisure to adventure. So… what […]
Volcano Boarding Down Cerro Negro in Nicaragua
The American reality show Survivor has been a guilty pleasure of ours since the Season One, Episode One. But it was during Season 21: Nicaragua when one of the reward challenges sent the winners on a volcano-boarding trip down Cerro Negro. From that point forward, this black cinder cone volcano […]
Roaming Around Antigua, Guatemala
If you ever travel to Guatemala, chances are at some point you will come to the city of Antigua. So after spending nearly a month in this great country, it was a fitting end for us to finally make our way to this town before heading South to Nicaragua. From what […]