Shove It, Travel Shamers – We Got Our Damned Negative Results, so We’re Going to Ecuador

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

Travel Revival Part Two (Non-COVID Related) – Venice, Italy

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

Travel Revival (Non-COVID Related) – Florence, Italy

Upon looking back at the sad, unfinished first post I created to start on this blog, I decided I should take this down time, before the Hubs and I depart for Ecuador in December, to actually detail that trip. It was our first ever trip together way back when in 2015 before Beer Flu became a modern day plague … More Travel Revival (Non-COVID Related) – Florence, Italy

THE PROPOSAL

INCA TRAIL, PERU:
CONTENT PRETTY OBVIOUS, but…. Let me set the scene, granted this basic post is also included in the “Sorry Jesus” Inca Trail post, but I decided it deserved its own mention. Anyway, back to the scene… … More THE PROPOSAL

Sorry Jesus…

INCA TRAIL/MACHU PICCHU: After much deliberation, I don’t think I can summarize the Inca Trail in 4 easy points. I can, however, reminisce on the craziness that became our group dynamic, and recall the awesomeness of the hike. … More Sorry Jesus…

All mushrooms in the Amazon are edible… at least once

AMAZON JUNGLE, PERU:
The trip to the Amazon began with a red eye flight from DC to Lima.  A sleepless overnighter, 2 more flights – to Cusco and then to Puerto Maldonado – then a 45 minutes bus ride to the dock, followed by a 3 hour boat ride to the lodge (Tambopata Ecolodge), finally concluded the transportation portion of the 37 hour long day. … More All mushrooms in the Amazon are edible… at least once