The idea to stop at Easter island en route to South America actually took hold midway through the trip, as we were discussing the possibility of visiting the Cox family in Santiago. We met Juan, Carolina, and 5 of their seven children in Chiang Mai, and then connected with them in Luang Prabang, and a …
Traveling has changed an unbelievable amount since when my parents traveled about 20 years ago. They were gone for six weeks making their way through Europe. They went to eight countries, England, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. (That’s when they caught the traveling bug and decided they were going to travel …
I sit silently, caccooned in a symphony of thought, as we speed northward along the Pan American highway, away from the Costa Rican border into Nicaragua. This is the same highway that traverses the Americas, and even connects to I-5; I could take this road all the way home to Seattle. Home. The word reverberates …
Highway to Home -
I sit silently, caccooned in a symphony of thought, as we speed northward along the Pan American highway, away from...
Border Crossing in Central America -
Our "end game" as I have been calling it, has been kind of a moving target, tough to pin down....
San Pedro De Atacama: A land of wonder and extremes -
As I look out over the desolate dry landscape of the Atacama with it's valleys, canyons, huge sand dunes, and...