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Palomino Island Swimming with Sea Lions in Lima Peru

January 18, 2019 By John Widmer 46 Comments

two sea lion pups up close at Palomino Island

Palomino Island is an incredible wonder of nature that lies just off the coast of Peru’s sprawling capital city. Not far offshore from Lima, it’s possible to frolic with playful sea lions and spot cute little penguins during this oceanic adventure. Palomino Island feels world’s away from Lima’s busy streets. […]

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

Inca Jungle Trek Review: The Most Adventurous Route to Machu Picchu

July 20, 2018 By John Widmer 90 Comments

Inca Jungle Trek to Machu Picchu activities: ziplining, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and hiking

The Inca Jungle Trek is such an awesome way to get to Macchu Picchu! If you’ve been following this travel site, then you know there are two things we often look for in a travel experience: awesome adventure, and great travel values. So when considering the many different ways to […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Posts, Travel Bargains, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Best of, Peru, South America

Travel Update Summer 2017

June 12, 2017 By John Widmer 4 Comments

Heather with Canadian Flag in Guanajuato, Mexico

So here we are, halfway into our fourth year of this around-the-world adventure and we find ourselves back in the US. But this journey isn’t over yet! It’s been a fun romp around Latin America for the first half of 2017, exploring bucket-list destinations like Machu Picchu and the Galapagos. […]

Filed Under: Monthly Updates, Blogs, Posts Tagged With: Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America

Why NOT to Trek Rainbow Mountain Peru + Tips to Know if You Do Go

April 30, 2017 By John Widmer 197 Comments

rainbow mountain in the snow

Most of the people in our group were still shaking as others wiped tears from their eyes. No one spoke a single word during the 20-minute van ride from the Rainbow Mountain trailhead to our lunch stop. All we could hear was the chattering of teeth. We sat in silence […]

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

How to Travel Napo River by Boat: Coca, Ecuador to Iquitos, Peru

March 19, 2017 By John Widmer 66 Comments

Yasuni National Park excursion from Nuevo Rocafuerte

What an adventure! Traveling from Coca to Iquitos by boat was a journey into the unknown. Looking at a map, it seems to be a logical route from Ecuador to Peru using both the Napo River and the Amazon River. But, this river voyage is not a commonly traversed path […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Blogs, Misadventures Around the World, Posts Tagged With: Best of, Ecuador, Peru, South America

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

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