After eight days galavanting around on the Galapagos getting sunburned and mildly injured, we flew back to Quito, Ecuador. The capital of Ecuador, Quito is the second highest capital city in the world, sitting at 9350 feet … More Everything Quito, Ecuador
Isabela Island is the largest island in the Galapagos, coming in at four times the size of Santa Cruz, where we had just come from. … More Isabela Island, Galapagos… Everything from Tropical Penguins, Sharks & Beaches to Rainforests & Volcanos
Santa Cruz, the most touristy of the isles we stepped foot on in the Galapagos, is called home by approximately 12,000 people (double the last island). The capital of Puerto Ayora is teeming with shops and restaurants. … More Santa Cruz… Punctuated by a Multitude of Giant Tortoises Everywhere
While on San Cristobal in the Galapagos, a few of us set out on a hike to Playa Ochoa that would climax in some mild rock scrambling down to Playa Baquerizo to link up with the marked trail. … More Four Hour Jaunt Turned Injury Laden Nine Hour Calamity on San Cristobal, Galapagos
Anxiety-ridden, pacing my kitchen for hours in the middle of the night, and incessantly checking my email and texts described the hours before we left for Ecuador. Finally, 4 hours prior to the plane taking off the ground, we received our COVID test results. … More Shove It, Travel Shamers – We Got Our Damned Negative Results, so We’re Going to Ecuador
So it’s 0343 EST…. I’m standing my kitchen unable to sleep while my husband blissfully snores away in the bedroom. We are slated to fly to Ecuador for two weeks for a much needed vacation in less than six hours. … More Travel Stresses… A Delirious & Dejected Rant in the Middle of the Night after Two Hours of Sleep in the Last 48 Hours
Yet another delightful train ferried us to Budapest, Hungary. Hungary’s capital is bisected by the Danube River with the hillier Buda section on one side and the flatter Pest district on the other. … More Travel Revival Part 5 (Non-COVID Related) – Budapest, Hungary
Our departure from Slovenia was via train – definitely one of my favorite ways to travel. For this leg, our convoy through the Alps took us to Austria. Target… Salzburg. … More Travel Revival Part 4 – Salzburg & Vienna, Austria
Slovenia ended up being the highlight of the trip. Our first stop, being the capital of the country, Ljubljana (pronounced LOO-BLEE-ON-YA). … More Travel Revival Part 3 (Non-COVID Related) – Ljubljana & Bled, Slovenia
Thanks to a random dude I chatted with on a plane (I think to or from Atlanta, not that anyone cares), I discovered the wonders of G Adventures as he was perusing a G magazine on the flight. This trip was booked through them, and was called the Venice to Budapest Express. … More Travel Revival Part Two (Non-COVID Related) – Venice, Italy
