Valparaiso I was nodding in and out of consciousness. The earplugs and eye mask were not enough to cover the distractions keeping me from sleep. The lights of the bus had been turned on and the host was handing out a box of miscellaneous ‘treats’ including the popular Argentina desert, Alfajores. We were in a […]
Month 9: In Review (Top 9 in 9)
April 25, 2015 – May 24, 2015 Wow it’s hard to believe it’s already been nine months! A big milestone for us, being that we originally planned our trip to last eight months. Yet here we are lugging our packs through South America through countries we didn’t originally plan on going to. The more we […]
Month 8: In Review (Top 8 in 8)
March 25, 2015 – April 24, 2015 This was a month of intense walking. Our cross-trainers we’d been wearing every day for the last seven months finally kicked the bucket, and after many blisters in New Zealand, we were happy to ditch these suckers! We finally broke down and bought legitimate hiking shoes, which could […]