“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!” If this line wasn’t so famous, you might think Doc Brown was talking about Cabo Polonio, the beautifully isolated beach shanty town located in Uruguay’s northern coast. Wonderfully unique and completely laid back, the 3 days I spent there reinforced the notion that you don’t need much to ...
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 ...
My great friend and RTW travel partner, Joe Metcalfe, is an avid and voracious reader. He always has a book in is hand or an audio book in his ears. Almost every week, Joe shares one of the many books or forms of media that has had a positive impact on his way of thinking, living ...
The first book I would read on my RTW travel adventure needed to be epic, symbolic, energetic and hopefully inspirational. So I picked a book on meditation called, Wherever you go, there you are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. A fantastic book indeed, but not quite what I truly desired to begin my travels. Then, serendipity intervened. While up in ...
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 ...
