With one more day left to explore Ushuaia, and a million options for hiking the beautiful place, we opted for the glacier perched in the mountains up and behind our hotel, Glaciar Martial. … More Tierra del Fuego Glacier Hunting at Glaciar Martial
El Fin de Mundo came complete with a multitude of hiking options. Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) abuts Ushuaia, and the mountains were astonishing and quite literally left my mouth agape when I first laid eyes on them. … More The Time I Accidentally Larcened THREE Dogs in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
I received looks of bewilderment when I told people we were flying to Ushuaia. Generally, the verbal response I got was, “where is that?! And why are you going there?” Fair question since I, myself, didn’t know the first thing about the southern-most city in the world before booking an Antarctic cruise. … More A Visit to the Southern-Most City in the World: Ushuaia, Argentina
An hour and a half outside of Quito, Ecuador lies Volcan Cotopaxi, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world sitting at 19,347 feet (5,897 meters) … More Driving, Hiking & Biking Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador
I had originally planned for three long day hikes once we returned to Quito, first being Quilotoa Crater Lake. It was naive and foolish, especially considering all three required car and/or bus and/or taxi rides greater than an hour to get to … More Laguna Quilotoa… A Short, But Brutal Hike
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
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
