Our next stop after visiting the iconic Iguazu Falls was the remote Ibera Wetlands Reserve. This reserve was assembled (purchased from private owners piece by piece) and developed by Douglas Tompkins. He was the American entrepreneur who started The North Face company and was also an avid conservationist. He bought and converted over 2 million […]

We are doing well.  At this point, there is no possibility of us getting out of Argentina (the towns and roads are closed to travel). We are under quarantine (no leaving the room) until March 31st in Gobernador Gregores (red pin on the map below).  It is a small town in the middle of nowhere

Our flight from Salta to Buenos Aires in Argentina was uneventful. The next day Sharon’s mom arrived from Oregon to meet us for a month of travel together. We were all very excited to get started. Buenos Aires is a lovely city, so much history, beautiful architecture, interesting culture and super lovely people. And I

We hope the new year is shaping up to all you imagined it would be! We have traveled a long way since we left California in 2018 (about 30,000 miles). The time passes so quickly in some ways and, paradoxically, at times it feels like we have been on the road for a decade at

Happy New Year Everyone! Since this trek very likely would not have happened without them, the first thing we want to do is thank our great friends Scott and Kathryn (And Scott Joly) for highly recommending the Huayhuash Trek to us five years ago! I am not sure we would have been willing to spend

We’ve been so busy seeing things lately we have not had time to post anything! Will try to fix that over the holiday season. From the town of Chacas in Peru we drove west, over a beautiful pass high in the Andes mountains, and then headed due south until we made a left and recrossed

Cajamarca! (ka-ha-mar-kuh) The City of Enchantment…well, it’s not really advertised as such, but we did find it quite enchanting during our week long stay. As luck would have it, another festival was in full swing and we were able to enjoy several parades and dance performances. As a side note, Peru is famous for the

Our first major stop after entering Peru was the lovely city of Chachapoyas (Cha-cha-poi-us) nestled in the highlands of the Andes mountains. There are several interesting archaeological sites within close proximity. The first we visited was called Keulap and is located on the top of an impressive mountain ridge. With walls exceeding 60 feet tall

Well, the good news…this update will be much shorter than usual. Sharon and I are doing fine, unfortunately, the same cannot be said about my (Chris’s) motorcycle.  We were driving south from Trujillo (in Peru) when my bike suddenly felt different.  We immediately pulled over to see if it was any of the usual suspects. 

When we arrived at the border entry for Ecuador we joined a large group of Venezuelans. Most had fled Venezuela to find jobs and a way to feed their families outside of Venezuela. We have been encountering small migrating bands of Venezuelans throughout Colombia walking along the highways and selling small items to those passing