Ecuador

September 21, 2017 – October 2, 2017 Ecuador is the second smallest country in South America. It’s main exports are petroleum and agriculture. With more than 50% of its petroleum being shipped overseas to China. There are several distinct ecosystems and microclimates with the Andes mountains, the Amazon rainforest, Coastal beaches as well as the…

Paris

May 3 – 5th, 2017 Another stop on our European tour. Post Barcelona and pre San Sebastian. I had never been to the city of love, so I was excited to visit this world famous city. It was short 3 day visit so we only had time to do a few things. We played it…

Turkey

May 10th – 15th, 2017 This would be my second visit to Istanbul, my last visit being over a decade ago. Man time flies.  It is tough to find friends interested in going to Turkey due to the perceived lack of “safety”, which I do not agree with (especially after visiting twice now). It’s not…

San Sebastián 

May 6 – 9, 2017 The sixth stop on our European tour back in 2017. We wanted to hit up northern Spain and experience the amazing Pinxtos we had heard so much about. We took the train from Madrid to San Sebastian using the very easy and affordable Renfe train website. It was about a…

Peru

September 2, 2017 – September 21, 2017 Peru – a country in South America, bordered by Ecuador to the North, Chile to the East and Argentina to the South. Tourism and agriculture are their money makers, with growing trends like avocado oil, chia and quinoa – Peru is on the up and coming for healthy…

Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

September 5 – 9, 2017  It’s been 3 years, but Amber and I still reminisce about this hike and this trip. We spent three weeks in Peru, but I felt this trek was such an amazing experience that it deserved it’s own post. We wanted to hike to Machu Picchu…period.  We looked into bookings five…

Belize

Birthday trip 2018. Filled with relaxation, scuba diving and sun.

Iceland

An entire island adventure in a van down by the river

Cuba

Beautiful people, culture and food.

Lisbon 

Second stop on the European trip

With day trips to Sintra and Cascais