Travel

Today did not go as planned. …was how Colin started his daily journal entry. How right he was. That plan involved leaving at 6am, driving 3 1/2 hours to the red dunes in Namibia’s Soussevlei Desert, exploring the park, then, driving back to our lodge where Rhinos and Cheetahs awaited us. And, a ... Read More »

For ten days in the beginning of this trip we walked one block to our Spanish school.  We each had our own teacher and spent four hours a day ‘speaking’ Spanish in this small colonial city.  It was exhausting, but I felt like I was actually learning the language. The people in Antigua, Guatemala ... Read More »

“I’m sorry sir, but you can’t get your Brazilian Visa…“ were not the words I wanted to hear on that Friday afternoon. We already had our flights and hotels arranged for Brazil. We also needed to get there to catch our flight to Cape Town, South Africa. I knew Brazil would be one of our more ... Read More »

Some days are harder than others. Sometimes things don’t go as planned. And sometimes you need to adjust the schedule which can cost a lot of money. Audrey and I were looking over our Chilean plans with our original intent to fly from La Paz, Bolivia to Santiago, Chile. We heard great things ... Read More »

For the past few days Audrey, the boys and I have been in the remote desert in southern Bolivia. To get there we spent three days traversing the mountains in a four-wheel drive Toyota Landcruiser. We were off the grid. Now that we are somewhat back on the grid, I am reading the news about what is ... Read More »

It was likely the worst day of the trip. My gastrointestinal system was expressing its displeasure. So was Decker’s. Upon waking up, he promptly walked into the bathroom and threw up. Not what we wanted given our upcoming four-hour bus ride around Lake Titicaca and across the challenging Bolivian ... Read More »