When I recently hiked the Lost City Trek in Colombia, I only had one band stored in my phone to listen to. This wasn’t planned, it just so happened that I didn’t have enough space for others. After several taxing hours of trekking, I was in the mood for some music; but what? As I ...
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash Day Tripper – The Beatles Welcome to Paradise – Green Day Let Me Ride – Dr. Dre Around the World – Daft Punk The Tourist – Death Cab for Cutie Learn to Fly – Foo Fighters Interstate Love Song – Stone Temple Pilots Holiday Road ...
I admit it, I love technology. I might be able to leave the electronics behind for a short while, but sooner or later I come back; and in the interconnected networked shared linked posted and updated 21st century, I think I always will. I often ponder how RTW travelers could have made it without a smartphone ...
The air was crisp and the mood was chill at Casa Elemento in Minca, Colombia and the song that kept popping into my head was the soothing and beautiful Mother Nature’s Son by The Beatles. More accurately however, it’s a solo Paul McCartney song that he wrote in India in 1968 and recorded for their ...
Most of the people I talked to consider Santa Marta to be a hub for going to other, more interesting and exciting places; which is not exactly wrong. So, when we arrived, I was expecting it to be small and quite ordinary. I really didn’t have any grand expectations for it. You know what they ...
We packed up our large Jansport travel backpacks and we were off to the next adventure. My pack is 81L and Joe’s is 78L. Yes, they are large and most long-term travel blogs say to use between a 45L-65L, but I needed every square inch of space for all my essential items (insert future packing ...
An hour outside of Cartagena, this remote beach is alive with beauty and serenity. This was a well needed escape for 24 hours. When we arrived by a small van, we were directed to walk across and down some large boulders. After a short walk over the rocks and through some bush, there was the ...
The charms and splendors of this historic Spanish city are off the charts. Being as this is the first stop on our RTW (round-the-world) adventure, Cartagena now holds a special place in my heart. The colors of the building facades, the sounds of salsa and laughing locals, the humidity of the Caribbean climate; what is ...
Welcome to my brand new travel blog and journal. My good friend Joe and I have done what so many of us dream about; Quit our jobs, sold our stuff, saved our pennies and set off on a world adventure. I hope that this blog not only shares with my fiends and family some of the ...
