After staying at a hotel for Benjamin’s birthday, we stayed in Salta at its municipal campground, where Nate realized that he and Mom had -accidentally- taken the movie Interstellar that was in [...]
We left Conguillío Park, passing more huge coigües and monkey-puzzle trees. As we got closer to the volcano, more and more dead trees spotted the sides of the road until we came through to a huge [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
Since I can remember I have wanted to go to Costa Rica (well, no, since I was six years old). I heard about the beautiful, soft, sandy beaches with palm trees moving in the warm wind… kind [...]
Ah Chiapas. A place to go for monkeys of different sorts, alligators lurking in rivers, Maya ruins, waterfalls, and trees trying to fall on your heads. We began our exploration with the zoo in [...]
Mariachis, play your guitars and trumpets! Telemundo announcers, announce: “fantástico, espectacular!”: We are in Mexico! I’ve wanted to come to this multicolored land for a [...]
It’s always felt that way to me, always on vacation. We entered the state along highway 199. It greeted us with the rambling Smith River, redwood, live oak, madrona, fir, pine, bay laurel, [...]