See Jules Review: Laguna Cejar (or more accurately, the poor nameless lake next to it)
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Dead Sea – where the salt levels are so intense that you can just float without any effort. Before our Chile trip, I didn’t […]
Tag Archives: South America
Travel Fail: Promising the Son of God but delivering his mom
Did you know that when you pick travel destinations based on flight times syncing with nap schedules you run the risk of not having a clue what there is to see […]
Travel Triumph: It does get easier!
Talk about building suspense, right? I post a crazy explanation about how we’re taking a whirlwind trip to South America and then leave you all hanging for almost a month […]
The anatomy of how we book trips
If it seems like I’m coming out of no where with this next trip it’s because I am. It wasn’t really supposed to be a last-minute trip but here we […]
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?”
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 […]
