Abuelito and Abuelita surprised us when they said they would join us in Peru for a couple of weeks. We had been staying in The Elf hotel in Cusco for one night waiting for them to arrive. Mom and [...]
Well, down from the mountains we went. We left the pleasant cool of the Andes and returned to the heat of the coastal Peru desert. And boy was it hot. It doesn’t help when you’re [...]
The sun is getting low. The yellow lichen atop this white granite boulder is blazing brilliantly in the orange twilight. A nice rock with good views of the Cordillera Blanca and the roaming, [...]
We were somewhere around Trujillo on the edge of the desert when the garbage began to take hold. But before, the police stopped us. Three times on our first two hours in Peru. Three times with [...]
Colombia’s exit was quick and easy. Ecuador’s entering was slow and boring. I guess Ecuador was not too psyched with us coming in. The power had gone out just as an Aduana official [...]
While Mom and Nate continued onwards driving to Medellín, Amelia and I flew. We wanted a bit of rest and relaxation. After a several hour flight where we watched various TV shows and played video [...]
I’m writing a post about Colombia while traveling with a Colombian for a blog in which half the audience is Colombian. No pressure. We left Esteban, his family and Costeño culture for the [...]
A quick video recapping our time in Mexico and Central America. Mexico and Central America from Nate Brown on Vimeo.
(Part 2 of 2 – Panama to Colombia) This journey has had many meanings. The celebration of my first 40. The coming of age of Benjamín and Amelia. Roots and wings. A semicolon in my career; a [...]
(Part 1 of 2) Panama happened in the blink of an eye. Even though we were in the country for five days, we couldn’t see its beauty or get to know its people. We didn’t even try the [...]