Today’s the day! After weeks of training, anticipation, and getting things organized, we began climbing Kilimanjaro! We packed up all our things at the hotel, loaded onto a bus and drove for around 2-hours out to the mountain. The road…
It’s 4 o’clock in the morning and we’ve been on the trail since midnight, still hours to go before we reach the summit. Our headlamps illuminate only about 4 feet of the path in front of us. Darkness envelops the…
In January 2008, I found myself on a mountain climbing in the pouring rain for days. I was tackling the Inca Trail on route to visit Machu Picchu. I figured, if I was going to visit this ancient city, what…
This month marks 3 years since Tristan and I returned from living and traveling abroad. It’s incredible how fast that time has gone by, it really hasn’t felt like it’s been that long! We regularly reminisce about our time teaching…
One word: Amazing. My one-week visit to Costa Rica was that in every way. Amazing! With every turn in the road, meal we ate, new activity we tried, and information we learned about the country, amazing was the only way…