Time to finally bid farewell to Chiloe!  Unfortunately, catching the ferry that crosses from Quellon to Chaiten was a logistical nightmare.  Long story short…we purchased tickets in advance, but the ferry never arrived! Luckily, we ran into an angel named Roberto who helped us sort it all out and we all caught the ferry the […]

From Santiago our next destination was the island of Chiloe.  However, because Chile’s prices are comparable to those found in the United States, we decided to travel there as quickly as possible (less nights in hotels).  We made the trip in just three days, arriving at the ferry; tired but excited. To get from the

This update covers late December 2019 to early January 2020 (we are not traveling right now). We had been anticipating with great excitement our arrival in Santiago, Chile.  Here we would be reuniting with Sharon’s close friend Catalina (Cata) and meeting her husband and children for the first time!  Sharon and Cata met 18 years

We were really excited to be back in Salta where we reunited with our motorcycles and Mariano. We also had the opportunity to visit the mummy museum which houses the 500 year old remains of three children (known as the Children of Llullaillaco). The children were drugged and buried alive as part of an Incan

Just a reminder: This update covers events from December 2019… Our return to Buenos Aires was uneventful. But we made up for that quickly by hitting the ground running! We did our best to visit every museum, palace, church, and other historical monument we had missed during our first stay in this beautiful city. The

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