Adventures and Misadventures in Chile

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Week 43 Day 291 Huaraz Peru 9.5333° S, 77.5333° W As with Argentina, there were some things I learned during my time in Chile. To give you a little background on our trip: We started in Santiago where we met up with my Mom and Dad! We spent a couple days exploring the city, eating amazing dinners, and drinking good …

Wine Tasting in Casablanca Chile

Week 41 Day 282 Cusco Peru 13.5250° S, 71.9722° W We’re working our way North and are in Peru now, but had a blast during our 2 weeks with my Mom and Dad in Chile. The Highlight of Chile was definitely seeing and catching up with my Mom and Dad, but I’m sure we’d all agree the best thing we …

Hiking Around Cape Town

hiking in cape town

Week 34 Day 232 Cape Town South Africa 33.9253° S, 18.4239° E Big Bay may have been the relaxing retreat Tom and I both needed, but since we’ve moved into Cape Town City proper there have been nothing but adventures! Our first night in town we headed to a Cape Town VS. New South Wales Rugby match. Given that every …

Tom and Courtney Down Under

Week 16 Day 102 Manly, NSW Australia 33.7962° S, 151.2827° E The morning following Thanksgiving, we woke up to find a ticket on our car. We had been ticketed for “Freedom Camping.” As we wrote about before, we assumed we were good as long as there were no “no overnight parking” signs due to our run in with the cops …

Week 11 Day 70 Our Time in the Hutt and Wellington

Wellington New Zealand

Week 11 Day 70 Lower Hutt  41.2167° S, 174.9167° E Since I last wrote last week, Tom and I have had a great week! Friday afternoon we hit up the Te Papa Museum of New Zealand and an art gallery featuring original works and prints of Dr. Seuss. Following our artsy afternoon, Friday night Tom and I did the Koha …