A Long Awaited Return to Costa Rica… and other news
The past few days have been pretty sucky. Like, probably the suckiest that we have had in the past three + years of living and traveling abroad. We weren't going to mention anything on the blog about it for a little bit, but the incident has been weighing pretty...
Sunday Snapshot | 3D Chalk Art on the Streets of Bogota | Colombia
Carrera 7 is a large avenue in Bogota, Colombia that is closed to traffic during the day. Since this was our first day exploring we decided to start here and see where the day took us. Along the road you’ll also see loads of street performers doing everything...
Getting Up Close With Jaguars in the Pantanal – An Ultimate Bucket List Experience
The Amazon may get all the hype, but the world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal, boasts some of South America’s finest opportunities for spotting wildlife—including the ever-elusive jaguar. Never the best at having to choose, we strategically opted to...
Sunday Snapshot | Pueblito Paisa | Medellin, Colombia
Opened in March of 1978, Pueblito Paisa is a replica built to look like a typical Antioquia town. It is positioned on top of Nutibara Mountain which is surrounded by the city of Medellin. The direct translation into English is 'little town,' and that’s...
Gran Odara Hotel Review | 5-Star Luxury in Cuiaba, Brazil
We had spent the last week in the wilderness. I mean like the Amazon and the Pantanal kind of wilderness. While these places can’t be beat when it comes to adventure, there were also bugs the size of our fist, frogs in the shower, and unpredictable power outages. And...
Sunday Snapshot | Favela Life | Rio de Janeiro
A boy and girl play with their parents' smartphones in the newly pacified favela of Vidigal in Rio de Janeiro. 10 years ago this neighborhood was off limits because of the violence that took place. If you didn’t live there, you never went in. Now the area has...