South America 2/10

Mar 7, 2018

Flamingoes and Amigos in the Bolivia Altiplano

In doing our research, we were prepared for a rough three days in the Bolivian Andes Plains. The websites warn against expecting much...

Mar 4, 2018

Uyuni Salt Flat Fun, Bolivia

It was 8:00 pm and I was running down the streets of La Paz not quite sure where I was going. I couldn't see Ol who was faster and had...

Mar 2, 2018

Base Camp La Paz, Bolivia

When Ol realized that it was Valentine’s Day and all I wanted was a hot shower, he knew that he was getting off cheap. When we reached La...

Feb 27, 2018

Carnaval! Oruro, Bolivia

I could feel the tears starting to well up in my eyes. We were stranded at the Bolivian border. Our cell phones didn't work, we had no...

Feb 25, 2018

Stranded at the Bolivian Border

Our alarms went off at 6:00 a.m. and the power was still out in our lovely boutique hotel. We had no choice but to put on our headlamps...

Feb 22, 2018

Getting Wet in the Driest Place on Earth, The Atacama Desert, Chile

We were not washed away in the torrential rains during the night in the driest place on Earth. However, we still did not have power in...

Feb 19, 2018

The Driest Place on Earth, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

After two months in Chile we were headed to the last region of the county we had yet to visit, the northern region. We would visit the...

Feb 16, 2018

The Carretera Austral, The Southern Way Road Trip III

I knew that driving the Carretera Austral would be beautiful. I just wasn’t fully prepared for how beautiful it actually was. The drive...

Feb 13, 2018

The Marble Caves, Carretera Austral, Road Trip II

We awoke to a stunning view from our hostel in Rio Tranquilo on the western edge of General Carrerra lake. The clouds the day before had...

Feb 11, 2018

Carretera Austral, The Southern Way Road Trip Part I

We had no idea that it would be quite so difficult to get out of Puerto Williams. The town really is located at the end of the world....