River Tubing in Vang Vieng
After much needed rest and a little yoga in Luang Prabang, we took a bumpy van to Vang Vieng for some river adventures and climbing. Vang Vieng, Laos was once […]
Tag Archives: Backpacking
A quick trip to Biarritz, France
After staying up late and enjoying San Sebastian, we were both running on empty. Needing a little break we booked a hotel in Biarritz, France and took a hour and […]
Hiking through Spanish Basque Country from San Sebastian to Pasajes
After spending eight days volunteering to teach English to Spaniards with Diverbo (more on that later), Ben and I were looking forward to some rest in San Sebastian. Rest isn’t […]
Viewing Modern Art Masterpieces in Madrid for FREE
I’m not one to catalog every tourist attraction, I usually prefer to chronicle off-the-beaten path experiences that every tourist in the world hasn’t done, thus I haven’t posted much from […]
La gringa loca makes a visit to a South American hospital, again!
Unlike last time, this is a great story. After a few days in Quito we were ready to get back to the country. With five days left in Ecuador, we […]
Cuyabeno or Bust!
After trying to leave Denver everyday from Wednesday-Friday we decided to book flights to Houston on miles in hopes of making it on the Saturday flight to Bogota. Because we’re […]
Backcountry in Glacier was no walk in the park
After a week long stint in Canada, we crossed the border into Montana and embarked upon a 4 day/3 night backcountry trip through Glacier National Park. As Ben and I […]
Olympic National Park
Hello from Rialto Beach on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. This area was made famous by the Twilight series, but thus far we haven’t seen any vampires 🙂
The Four Seasons of campgrounds: North Pines, Yosemite
After “roughing it” in the woods for 4 days Ben and I headed down to Yosemite Valley to meet our friends at North Pines Campground for the weekend. We arrived […]
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