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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 me...

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 wer...

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 cou...

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 Laur...

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

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...

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 th...

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 time...

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 w...

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 maj...

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 com...

After our sailing adventure we did another long drive and an overnight in Gladstone before we boarded the 2 hour ferry to Heron Island. T...

It’s been a busy two weeks. We flew from Bali to Cairns, Australia on October 21 where we met up with our Seattle friends Geoff and Jenni...

We had decided the dates long ago to stay with John’s college friend Fritz in Singapore. The plan was to experience the luxurious ex-pat...

After a few days of encountering many waves and many Australians in Kuta, we decided to leave the coast and explore other parts of Bali w...

Having left the tranquility of low season Kho Lanta, we found ourselves in the midst of high season Kuta Beach in Bali. We came here see...

We didn’t know what to expect when we went to Bali as it was a last minute destination, chosen by Naomi and Keegan because it has wonderf...

I know, intellectually, that sunset and sunrise occur every day. I have lived, sometimes, in places where either or both were obscured r...