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

April 30, 2017 By John Widmer 195 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, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Peru, South America

How to Travel Napo River by Boat: Coca to Iquitos + Yasuni Nat’l Park

March 19, 2017 By John Widmer 53 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 on 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 Tagged With: Best of, Ecuador, Peru, South America

Our Top 20 Worst Travel Moments of 2015

January 17, 2016 By John Widmer 10 Comments

rear view mirror in New Zealand

The end of 2015 also marked the end of our second very full year of travel. What a year it’s been! We managed to accomplish our goal of circumnavigating the globe. Throughout that journey we traveled across six continents while having some great experiences on each of them! But when […]

Filed Under: Misadventures Around the World, Blogs Tagged With: Africa, Argentina, Asia, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Europe, Hungary, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South America, Thailand

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, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Chile, South America

A Journey to the End of the World: Travel Update Month #14

February 22, 2015 By John Widmer 1 Comment

Route map and photos of month 14 travels through Chile and Argentina

Month #14 has taken us on a long journey, bussing and hiking our way through the impressive Andes Mountains of Patagonia. So hop aboard and come along for the ride as we roam around amazing Patagonia! Month #14 At A Glance Countries visited: 2 Chile & Argentina Number of beds […]

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

Climbing Volcan Villarrica: The Icy Hike to the Summit

February 18, 2015 By John Widmer 22 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, 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 […]

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Roaming Around Chile – Month #13 Travel Update

January 19, 2015 By John Widmer Leave a Comment

Our original plans were for a yearlong trip, so we never imagined we’d have a Month #13 Update. Yet here we are! So lets get to it… Month #13 At A Glance Countries visited: 1 Chile Number of beds slept in: 7 Miles traveled: 2,502 City-to-city transport segments: 5 Boat […]

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

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 Tagged With: Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, South America

Ciudad Perdida: Trek to Lost City in Colombia

May 28, 2014 By John Widmer 21 Comments

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” […]

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Sailing Around the San Blas Islands: Our Voyage from Panama to Colombia

May 19, 2014 By John Widmer 14 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Adventures Around the World, Travel Tips Around the World Tagged With: Central America, Colombia, Panama, South America

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