I’ve officially (barely) survived over 5 weeks in the Santa Marta vicinity–it was a relentlessly hot, beach and sun filled, rum soaked, late nights & early mornings… exhausting, mind numbing, ridiculously fun 5 weeks. I had a sort of love hate relationship with Santa Marta–on one hand she was hot, noisy, persistent, covered in a gritty coat of dust or […]
After a long couple days of traveling from Ecuador, we decide to make a stop in Popayan, Colombia before heading to Cali. And having read that it was Colombia´s second most architectually impressive spot (next to Cartagena) and also that it was named an UNESCO gastronomic city, we decided this was a city worth spending a few nights in. If […]
Number of Days in Ecuador: 20 Areas Visited: Guayaquil (2 nights)- Montanita (4)- Banos (4)- Tena (2)- Misahaulli & The Jungle (3) -Quito (4) -Tulcan (1 night in the border town) Average daily cost for lodging: around $7 Most Expensive Hostel: Splurged on a double room at a fancy boutique guesthouse in Guayaquil, when the dorms filled- $30 or $15/per […]
Though now I sit in a hostel in the very Metropolitan capitol city of Quito, 5 days ago I was trekking in primary rainforest in the mighty Ecuadorian Amazon. Strangely the decision took a long time. We couldn’t decide which part of the Jungle we wanted to visit, which tour agency to book with or which city to begin our […]
OK let me preface this post by saying- a few days ago, while on a 19 hour overnight bus journey, I spent around 3 hours writing a Peru/first month recap. Something went terribly wrong, and for reasons I’d rather not discuss, my post never saved. This is a touchy subject for me- but I will try my best to rewrite […]
At this moment, I sit in an internet cafe in Arequipa, Peru. The noise of the streets, instant message beeping, and the singing of an unidentifiable insect, act as hypnotizing background music. A Peruvian couple near me holds their baby, dressed in a communian gown, up to their computer screen- undoubtably showing her off to her grandparents across the country. […]
It has been, what- around 11 days since I departed Chicago, and I´ve already started forgetting what day of the week it is. Don´t even ask the time. My days have all started to merge together… Was that yesterday that we climbed Ciero Blanco?? Nope, 2 days ago. Its all a very strange and surreal- though undoubtably good feeling. I […]
People keep asking me how I’m feeling–am I’m excited? Am I scared? Am I sad? Am I happy to be done with work? etcetera, etcetera To be honest, I don’t have a great answer for any of those questions: Am I excited–of course, though after months and months spent in a strange internal state of excitement, anxiety has conquered excitement. […]
Please indulge in this wonderful little video by PromPeru, in which Peru invades it’s midwestern namesake …
What happens when two spectacular people decide to set a date?? … MAGIC! Pure Magic. Seriously, I love these two people! The results of my second engagement photo session…. Drew & Sarah, a set on Flickr.
