After our altiplano adventures in northern Chile’s remote national parks, Nikki and I were ready to move northward and cross into Peru, a country we’d both been looking forward to since planning our overlanding journey. The border crossing from Chile to Peru was next on our list, along with exploring the culturally rich city of …
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We were really grateful to be home for the holidays. Being travelers at heart and living across the continent from our families, we have had our fair share of missing holidays, birthdays, celebrations and hard times, but this year we felt strongly that we needed to be home for the holidays. We spent several days …
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Nikki and I said our last goodbyes to Matt and Clarissa as we watched them pass through security of the tiny Temuco airport. Our time with them was so special! We got to share our life on the road, overloading with them in one of our favorite places ever – the Cochamo valley. Our time …
On this trip, we are endeavoring to split the blog writing a little more evenly given that I (Nikki) am not applying for PhD programs or sitting on advisory boards or working for the World Bank while we’re on the road. So, get ready for slightly more sarcasm and definitely less actual funniness today as …
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With both excitement in our blood and a tinge of sadness in our hearts, Nikki and I packed up our dogs and drove through the Fort Pitt tunnel, saying a final goodbye to Pittsburgh for a while. No matter how much I cursed this tunnel for causing traffic delays on my work commute, we always …
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