food
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Hokkaido, JP – Winter has come
Our next stop in Japan was the northern island of Hokkaido – specifically the capital Sapporo and a small ski resort town a bit northeast, Furano. We landed in Sapporo at New Chitose Airport, which is quite a ways away from the city… a 2 hour bus ride later, and we were finally at the Continue reading
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Nashville, TN – A quick bachelor party before Japan
Not a very long post, but an important one – congrats to Matt for finding his better half, and we can’t wait to see them get married in a few months! To celebrate the upcoming nuptials, Matt was kind enough to plan his bachelor party around the one weekend we will be in the US Continue reading
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Lima, Peru – Foodie Paradise
At this point I’m going to beat a dead horse and repeat myself a third time – Peru has the best food we’ve had in South America, hands down. This was continually evidenced in every meal we had in Lima, and we had lots… In order of best to really damn good, here’s a few Continue reading
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Arequipa & Cusco, Peru – Mountains of Chocolate
After Lake Titicaca, we made our way back to Arequipa where we finally met with Jesus, a Peruvian friend from my time at UT Dallas and a wonderful local guide (against his wishes). Arequipa was quite nice, but after all of the driving around Colca and Puno, we were very ready for a bit of Continue reading
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Lake Titicaca, Peru – Floating Islands at 14,000ft
Llama backups aside, the drive to Lake Titicaca was quite nice – the highway driving is significantly less chaotic than city driving and we had the chance to stop and soak in the roadside attractions, including flamingos! Not exactly the fauna I was expecting to see at this elevation, but apparently Andean Flamingos are a Continue reading
Rachel & Radu Retire (ish) 