After a great couple days in Harare, John and I flew into Victoria Falls, the town right next to the namesake falls on the Zimbabwe side. From the air we could see the spray of the falls, and were eager to see them the next day. We settled into our lodge at the Victoria Falls Rest Camp, which was spacious–cavernous even–though uninspiring. The walls were cinder block, the kitchen table something out of a kindergarten classroom. But, the bed was…
To get from Peru to Mexico, we took a 6 hour flight from Lima to Mexico City. We only had a week to spend in Mexico, so our time there would be short, but it felt wrong to not visit at all. We had debated if we should even go given the dire warnings on the State Dept. website, but I love Mexico, and wanted to see it, even if it was just a short visit. We arrived in Mexico…
Our flight to Lima arrived about 20 minutes late, meaning we missed our bus into the city and had about an hour to kill before the next one. So naturally, we decided to eat at a Papa John’s in the airport. I wish we could say we were ashamed of ourselves, but we’re not! We’ve rarely been to American restaurants while traveling, but we just couldn’t pass up the cheesesticks! After indulging ourselves, we caught the next bus and made…
One of the main reasons we wanted to visit Bolivia was to see the Salar de Uyuni, the salt flats. But trying to plan this visit from La Paz was starting to get daunting. The traditional way to see the flats is to take a 3-4 day tour in a 4×4 through the flats, staying in primitive hotels along the way. The reviews of the multitude of tour companies were all mixed. And whereas 80% of the time the trips…
After an amazing time in Florianopolis, we were sad to move on. Especially since the day we left was the best weather we’d seen our entire time there. But getting to Rio de Janeiro was an easy flight, and the view from the air was amazing! Rio looked crazy down below – a huge city built around the coast, lakes, and hills that were everywhere. Since Uber is so widely used here, getting to our AirBnb was a breeze. We…
After our super early flight from Mendoza to Puerto Iguazu, we took a rest day before going to see Iguazu Falls the next day. The falls are right where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet, and can be seen from Argentina and Brazil. On the Argentina side are many trails that take you below, beside, and over some of the more than 200 falls. The Brazil side is good for being able to see the full panoramic view of all the…
Since we’ve been planning this trip, John has been talking about going to Uruguay based on its proximity to Buenos Aires and something he read on a city there. To be honest, Uruguay has never been on my radar, and I realized as we were heading there, I knew absolutely nothing about the small country. But, it was close, and the transit to get there cheap, so yeah, let’s go! Turns out, we fell in love with Uruguay. Hard. Like,…
To get to the southern-most part of the continent, we hopped a 3 hour flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas. Waiting at the gate, it was obvious based on everyone’s attire that we were all heading south to the national park Torres del Paine. I’ve never seen more ThermoBalls, GoreTex, and hiking shoes outside of an REI. We were amongst peers. Or at least John was. I feel like I’m just posing as an outdoorsy type. We continued to see…
Our flight into Bogota was super easy – 1 hour drive to the airport in Armenia (outside of Salento), 45 minutes at most in the air, and a 25-30 min. drive to the hotel. Overall, much better than the bus we’d been thinking of taking! By Bogota we were pretty tired from traveling/transiting/hiking, so we took it pretty easy. My stomach still wasn’t 100% yet either, so there was that. The first day we spent relaxing in our hotel room,…
Well, as John mentioned in the last post, I was the first to fall victim to some mal del estomago. But being the amazing husband John is, he couldn’t let me do this alone. So we took our last couple days in Medellin slowly, while at times moving very quickly! We did manage to make it down to the Botanical Gardens at the Universidad metro stop. The gardens were gorgeous, well maintained, and free! I love flowers, and we also…
