World Travel
Cusco, Peru – Gateway to Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley and a city in the Peruvian Andes, was once the capital of the Inca Empire and is known for its archaeological remains, Spanish colonial architecture, and touristic megaplex founded in the 11oos. The Plaza de Armas (yes every town in Peru has one) in […]
Sitting at around 7,700 feet above sea level sits the semi-arid city of Arequipa,Peru on the Gringo Trail. The “Gringo Trail” is a well established route around Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador, Chile and Brazil. It’s no established trail like the Appalachian Trail in the US, it’s more just a route us “gringos” […]
Four to five hours south of Lima is the town of Ica, Peru. We heard that this area has a small village named Huacachina, situated amongst the sand dunes where a natural oasis formed. The legend has it that a woman was a bathing in the lagoon when a hunter startled her and as she […]
The best place to stay in Lima has to be Miraflores, if you are a foreigner. There are other safe neighborhoods in the general vicinity as well. Barranco is also a good choice. They are completely different neighborhoods that offer something for everyone. Lima can be a rough city to stay in if you don’t […]
Machu Picchu, the jewel of South America, top destination of Peru, UNESCO World Heritage Site and bucket list item of travelers throughout the world, including ours! We have long dreamed of going to the lost Incan City and have planned to go there eventually. This is the year! We are set to go to South America […]
Dearest People of India, We write this letter to you to show you the gratitude we have for the many life lessons you have taught us! We hope this small token of our appreciation will show you how much you have impacted our lives. When we created this blog, we did so with […]
Americans miss the boat with Indian food in the US! After traveling to India, my appreciation of Indian Food has skyrocketed. The first time we ate Indian food was in Laos. We had stopped by an Indian place in Phonsavan that got good ratings and figured we would give it a try. We fell in […]
We have come up with the Top Scuba Dive Sites in Roatan, Honduras after spending the last 5 years visiting this wonderful Island. We have done all of our professional training in Roatan, and have logged hundreds of dives on the MesoAmerican Reef System on which Roatan sits. The coral and sealife are spectacular and […]
We have been traveling in and out of the Island for years now and know the top things to do and places to go in Roatan. In fact, we realized that we have spent over a year here in all. The first time we came in 2012 we did our PADI Divemaster. The second time […]
Living in Vietnam, we experienced the country like few get to experience. We taught English in Hanoi for 9 months. Shelly taught 2nd Grade and I taught 4th at an International School. We had been to Hanoi before, but only for a short time and this time we got to really integrate ourselves with the culture […]