By some gift of fate, John had found an amazing deal using our airline miles to return home from Colombia on March 1st. We spent the last...

Feelings are surfacing. I don’t know if it’s because it’s the last week of our trip and I am soon to be home to my predictable life....

We spent 5 weeks in Medellín studying Spanish at Toucan language school. I didn’t do any writing about Medellín because I was so busy...

We were able to score some great seats for the Carnival Parade. Our taxi driver Vladimir seated us with his parents and made sure we...

Here in the bustling Colombian city of Medellin our January adventures in rural Peru seem a world away. It’s hard to believe the two...

I still have more stories to share about Peru however I also want to update you on our current whereabouts. We are all experiencing the...

The day we went to Machu Picchu we returned to our beloved Ollantaytambo via train together with the Arboricos. We stayed another night...

When we first started planning this trip, one of the few places we knew we wanted to go was Machu Picchu. I don't know whether both...

It’s been a magical few weeks but without great wifi so here is a belated post. We spent a few days together as a family of 4 in...

My knowledge of the Galapagos Islands before our visit was limited to images of rugged islands with lizards and tortoises on land and...

Four months is a long time, especially for a teenager. It’s been four months of traveling as a family. Time spent learning new...

This article is out of order, as we left New Zealand on December 4 (we are now in Ecaudor, headed to Peru on the 7th). As I mentioned in...

We spent our first 5 days in Ecuador in the culturally rich town of Otavalo. My niece Katja joined us after doing a UW semester in Rome....

Digital Rudeness: Diminishing the real world for others to make oneself look better online.

I realize that I haven't yet written anything about New Zealand. I will get to that soon, but there is a lot that I want to say about...

Like so much of this trip, our time in Fiji was abruptly planned. The first part was spent on Denaru island, near Nadi, as we had a...

We arrived into Christchurch from Fiji and were welcomed by Bruce and Simone whom we met in Vietnam. Bruce was only able to have lunch...

We decided to fit Fiji into our travels between Australia and New Zealand since we had a timeshare there we could use. Our first few days...

Our last week in Australia was spent watching the final Rugby World Cup in Brisbane and saying good-bye to Geoff. It was clear that a...

What makes a city incredible? I don't mean "What are the features of an incredible city?". I mean "What is the dynamic - the unique...