After exploring the soaring heights of Arequipa and the breathtaking depths of Colca Canyon, Nikki and I found ourselves craving a completely different environment. Five months into our South American journey, we’d grown accustomed to mountains, deserts, and coastal landscapes, but the mysterious allure of the Amazon rainforest was calling our names. With our trusty …
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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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Nikki and I stood at the edge of the vast salt flat, watching as the morning light transformed the stark white plain into a shimmering mirror. Our truck was parked about 100 yards back, our home on wheels looking particularly small against the enormity of Chile’s northern altiplano landscape. After two incredible weeks exploring the …
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 …
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