Author: Mike
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The Carretera Austral – What a Drive!!
Reading Time: 10 minutesHere is how Lonely Planet introduces the Carretera Austral (Southern Highway): one serious drive, it winds along some of Patagonia’s most dramatic scenery, with exuberant rainforest, scrubby steppe, smoking volcanoes, snow-dusted mountains, and expansive farmsteads framed in windows. But it’s water that truly defines this landscape, from the clear cascading rivers to… Read more
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Chiloe Island, Chile
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe ended up spending a total of 10 days on Chiloe Island in the very northern part of Patagonia. I guess technically, Chiloe would not be a part of Patagonia and more considered part of the lakes region. We originally planned eight days, but the ferry to get us to our next… Read more
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A Big Reason Why We Have Patagonia in Our Top 20
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis update includes that reason but let’s start where we left off – leaving Punta Arenas. Moving day on Sunday was pretty uneventful, which is always nice. We wanted to go back to Be Happy for breakfast but they weren’t open yet and so we found a little café not too far… Read more
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The Southern Reaches of Patagonia
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe’ve spent the last ten days exploring the southern reaches of Patagonia – a week in Ushuaia on the Argentine side and then a few days in Punta Arenas on the Chilean side. It’s a beautiful part of South America and covers a huge area, so we plan to also spend time… Read more
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Some of the Most Beautiful Waterfalls on the Planet
Reading Time: 8 minutesOther than the cruise, we didn’t have Argentina on our top 20 countries to visit during this journey but our friend, Jonette, mentioned Iguazu Falls while we were visiting her in Minneapolis, and we decided to hop up to see them since we were relatively close. And what a great decision that… Read more
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Our Seventh Continent!
Reading Time: 9 minutesOn the morning of January 21st, we got a four-mile cardio walk in following the same route through various parks and then grabbed our belongings at the hotel to get a local bus from the area near the hotel to the cruise terminal in Buenos Aires. We arrived at the terminal around… Read more
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Buenos Dias from Buenos Aires
Reading Time: 4 minutesYear number two started on Saturday morning in Bozeman, Montana. We had a perfect visit for a few days with the Coley family and all met up for breakfast at Jam! Afterward, Chad and Lucy dropped us off at the airport for our 11:55am flight to Atlanta. It left a little late… Read more
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Home for the Holidays
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are back with a journal update as we are ready to start year number two on this nomadic journey. We’ve been in the States for almost two months and have had a fantastic time. The highlight was the time we have been able to spend with friends and family in different… Read more
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Headed Home for the Holidays
Reading Time: 3 minutesOur last morning (Wednesday) in Nepal was spent getting packed, having bananas and oatmeal at home and then walking down to Avocado Café for lunch. I had spinach lasagna and Sandy had a BLT sandwich and we shared a goat cheese salad. Our taxi arrived at 3:45pm and we arrived at the… Read more
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Finishing Our Time in Nepal
Reading Time: 7 minutesLast Wednesday, we moved from Bhaktapur back to our apartment in Kathmandu for our last week in Nepal. Breakfast was great again at Hotel Traditional and our taxi was right on time at 11am to take us the short 30 minutes or so to Kathmandu. We settled back into the apartment and… Read more