hiking
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Colca Canyon, Peru – Condors and Coca Tea
We started out our Peru trip with a flight from Mendoza to Arequipa, via Lima. The first day in Peru was quite a blur given all the travel, but we still managed to make an important discovery – Peru has by far the best food we had in all of South America so far. We’ll Continue reading
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Patagonia, Chile – 50 Miles of Beauty
The biggest pre-planned activity in Chile was the Patagonia W Trek – a 50+ mile multiday hike through the famous Torres del Paine Chilean national park. We started the trip from Santiago where we met up with Rahul, Jonathan and Ferrona – friends who flew in from Boston and San Francisco respectively to hike the Continue reading
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Rapa Nui, Chile – Why Not?
A few days before flying off to Santiago, we were randomly scrolling through all the documents/shots/logistics we had to have prepared ahead of our flight out to Chile and one random comment struck out to me – “bring strong bug spray for Easter Island”. Having been 20yrs removed from middle-school geography, I forgot that Rapa Continue reading
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Santiago, Chile – Setting off for South America
After a quick drive back to Atlanta, we finally set off for the international portion of our trip – first stop, Santiago! In actuality, our first stop was Miami for a much more affordable flight… nevertheless, we had a rather uneventful day in Miami, then a 2hr layover in Houston before our eventual 10hr flight Continue reading
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Shenandoah National Park, VA – Herbert Hoover Hid Here
A quick 2hr drive from DC, getting to Shenandoah was a breeze – I can see how it would be an excellent weekend trip from the city were we to live in the capitol. The park itself is essentially a 70 mile road through the Appalachian mountains, spanning the entire western border of Virginia with Continue reading
Rachel & Radu Retire (ish) 