
South America holds a special place in my heart. Prior to our trip around the world in 2012, I had never visited South America, but it was the first continent we would visit on our trip. Leading up to our trip, Tony and I planned an aggressive itinerary to see as much of the continent […]

Check out the bottom of this post for my complete PACKING LIST for the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4 day / 3 night hike! After our Inca Trail hike last March, I wrote a post on tips for hiking the Inca Trail… But little did I know that people had WAY more questions than I had answers. […]

Friends of ours (TwoOregonians.com) once wrote about traveling as a couple, “”Home is each other, and life fits in a backpack.” Poetic and yet, so true. But traveling as a couple can also present many challenges. One of those challenges is how to just be by ourselves. Alone. When we are staying at hostels, we […]

Check out the bottom of this post for my complete PACKING LIST for the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu 4 day / 3 night hike! Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was hands down the highlight of our three months in South America. Going into our RTW trip, we knew that joining a classic four day […]

Mickey D’s, McD’s, and to our Australian Friends… Mackers. Whatever you want to call it, McDonald’s is the Magneto of fast food chains. The Super-villain extraordanaire… and for good reason. But have you been lately? We sure hadn’t. But only6 blocks down the road from our family-stay in Lima, Peru is a newly renovated McDonald’s […]