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 […]
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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 […]
Five Facts: Utila, Honduras (where I think it will be okay that I’m a little late)
Years ago my mom spent a fair amount of time on Utila, an island off the coast of Honduras that’s home to some 2,500 people. I don’t remember too much […]
I assign new meaning to an annual girl’s trip
A few weekends ago I took a leave from decision making. It wasn’t my intention and it’s not my usual travel M.O., but there I was, in Scottsdale, AZ on a […]
About going to places you know nothing about (i.e. what I liked about Mechelen, Belgium)
A long time ago, the moonlight hit Mechelen’s St. Rumbold’s tower in such a way that made some drunk guy think it was on fire. In his liquored up state […]
We did another trip! I failed to tell my blog readers
Here is the conversation I’ve been dreading. I’ve played it out a million times in my head and now the time has come to start an open dialog about it. […]
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. […]
Foreign Findings: Shot nerves and street performers
I once saw a street performing fire dancer in Nicaragua get burned. I want to say she was maybe European and she was probably just bumming around Central America as […]
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?”
Worldwide Shambles 