Typically, our weekend posts have been the place for us to discuss eating on the road and some of our favorite hostel recipes. They should be easy to make, healthy with only a few ingredients, and made in a short amount of time. But in honor of National Kidney Month and following up on my […]
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I have been confined to my bed in Cusco, Peru for the past week due to an unlucky brush-in with food poisoning. After questioning life several times, losing plenty of body fluids, dragging myself to a medical clinic in foreign territory, and being on four different types of antibiotics, you think I would just throw in […]
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March is National Kidney Month and has inspired me to share one of my major reasons for traveling. Read on to learn more about me and hopefully steal a little inspiration as well. Working your ass off and retiring with oodles of cash at 65 is a good goal, if a little traditional. So don’t […]
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We recently arrived in the gorgeous Cusco, Peru where we will be for 8 days before our epic hike of Machu Picchu. Our plan over the next 8 days will be to relax and prepare ourselves for the trek of a lifetime, while also exploring all the great sights that Cusco (the historic capital of […]
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Having just arrived in Cusco, Peru, Tony and I decided to get ourselves into the Peruvian groove by whipping up a traditional Peruvian lunch in our hostel’s kitchen. A lot of Peruvian dishes have many ingredients and are pretty labor intensive (i.e. Empanadas, Rellenos, Chupe de Camarones), but we found the Peruvian Butifarra Pork Sandwich to be […]
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After non-stop travel through Bolivia, we have finally settled in Cusco, Peru for a couple of weeks before our Inca Trail Trek takes us to Machu Pichu. Sometimes, you just need to decompress. We only have a few weeks left to appreciate South America before we jump to Europe which is sad, but one of […]
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Back at home I was a health nut and gym devotee. Going into my RTW trip, I thought that I would be able to easily maintain my daily routine of working out and eating like a saint… Boy was I wrong! A part of being a backpacker travelling the world is being able to roll […]
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If you have traveled for any length of time, then you are bound to collect numerous tales of bathroom mishaps. From food poisoning to disgusting holes in the ground, there is always something out there that is terrible in the moment… but a great story for later. And so it is with my tale of […]
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