We travel with kids and we break all our own parenting rules
Like every other good, terrified parent, Andy and I are trying our best to not screw up our kids. If I’ve learned anything from my 16 months of being a […]
Tag Archives: Colombia
Cartagena edition (by sea)
I’ve mentioned before that I document our trips by making Shutterfly books. I love these books, but it’s funny, after I order a book, I’m never initially all that excited. […]
Friday’s Five Favorite Things: Artwork on Guatapé’s buildings edition
I’m so stir crazy! Sometimes life just doesn’t do happy mediums. I’ve spent the last few months bored out of my mind, physically unable to do very much because of my […]
The (extremely complicated) second tallest building in South America
Next, the woman behind the counter asked for 3,000 COP each (about $3 total) and again pointed upwards saying, “Observación” and waved us toward the metal detectors.
Umm… “Sí?” and also, “¿Qué the hell pasa?”
Travel Fail: Phantom blog posts
Since starting this blog, my photos have gotten a lot weirder. A quick peak at my Flickr photostream will prove that; there are some truly random pictures in there. Some of […]
740 steps up, 940 steps down
I’d like to know whose idea it was to build a four story building on top of this massive rock. What deranged sadist decided that every poor sap who risks heart failure by climbing 700 steps needs to climb another 40 in order to really be at the top? Who is this cruel being?
Foreign Findings: What does a Nicaraguan frog say?
I remember learning what a Spanish rooster says. I don’t remember what I learned, I just remember learning it in my high school Spanish class. And I think there was […]
Travel Tricks & Tips: The best travel-planning advice you’ll ever hear
Last month my mom came down with something – a bad case of the Can’t-See-It-Alls, better known as CSIA. Actually, it’s not better known as that, I just made the […]
See Jules Review: Zip-lining in Guatapé aka extreme(ish) adventures for the rest of us
I was over at my sister’s apartment the other day and she pulled out a new book she’d recently picked up, Lonely Planet Great Adventures. In mainly picture format, the […]
Travel Triumph: Getting down to the business of downtime
A few weeks ago my father-in-law was giving me a hard time about the fact that when traveling, I bring a book along. It was all in good fun of […]
Worldwide Shambles 