Adventure Updates

Ever since we got to Peru, we had two really good meals. Ceviche in Trujillo, and ceviche in Punta Hermosa. The rest are mediocre restaurants, and catering from our hikes and hostels. But then we got to...

Lets go to the beach and relax! We can just chill out and rest! We thought. We will never learn that we don’t have an off switch. After 10 straight days of hiking through the Peruvian Andes, we...

Welcome to the second half of our incredible Cordillera Huayhuash journey. In the first four days, our group has done very well. We are all healthy, fit, and ready to go. We just picked up our annoying...

8 days. 7 nights. 10 hikers. 1 guide. 1 Chiki. 12 donkeys in the Peruvian Mountains. The Huayhuash ( pronounced “why wash”) trek is routinely rated as one of the most beautiful and rewarding...

This was a long hike. What a day. We learned the night before that the pickup for this day trip was at 5:00AM. So we got some snacks and went to bed early. The bus ride was mostly uneventful. We...

This hike was our first taste of the northern Peruvian Andes. And it was special. We took a 10 hour day bus from Trujillo to Huaraz. We’re not going to do that again. It’s quite a lovely...

Welcome to Peru! It was a long bus ride from Cuenca to here. Our bus departed at 9PM, so we got cozy for a snooze. The sleeping was decent all things considered, we collectively got 10 hours or so in...

Ecuador. Where do we even start with this country. We spent 30 days exploring as much as we could but there is still left so much on the table for a future trip. This country is one that will take your...

We didn’t take a cooking class in Ecuador but I did learn lots about the food and the culture. Food in Ecuador is very simple. The most popular type of Ecuadorian food is almuerzos (lunch)....

What a lovely way to spend our last day in Ecuador. Cajas National Park is a lovely stretch of grassy highlands just outside of Cuenca. We got up bright and early to catch our bus to the park. The system...