8 Documentaries from our South American Gap Year
Eight documentaries that helped us and our elementary school kids discover more as we traveled South America on our gap year.
36 hours at the Grand Canyon North Rim with Kids
Our family visited the Grand Canyon North Rim in July 2024. We enjoyed a mix of camping and lodge stays, driving and hiking, fancy and make-do meals.
How to Visit Lake Titicaca and Isla del Sol in a Day
This post provides itinerary, prices and everything you need to know for a DIY family day trip from La Paz to Lake Titicaca’s Isla del Sol.
So Long, Uyuni Salt Flats. Hello, Moldy Hotel Room.
A three-day detour at the Argentina-Bolivia border and severe altitude sickness showed our family all that money and U.S. privilege can’t buy.
How Our Gap Year Changed (and Didn’t Change) Us
Reflecting on our transcontinental journey is bittersweet. It makes me miss people and places. It also forces me to face that a change of scenery didn’t change the things about myself that I wish were different. That transformation takes a deeper, harder journey within.
This Is Our Family Gap Year: Itinerary and Future Plans
This is a summary of our family gap year. Here we give an outline of our itinerary, our philosophy of travel, and what might lay beyond this special time.
Slow Camino Awards: The Best of South America
From best mocha to best jungle tour, we share the tastes, places, and experiences in South America that elicited the most Wows on our family gap year.
A Zero-Waste Grocer at the Edge of Patagonia
Our first day in Puerto Natales, we stumbled upon Efecto Granel, a zero-waste bulk food store. Liuan interviewed the creative and resourceful woman proprietor.
How We Escaped a Roadside Extortion Scheme in Ecuador
A routine police checkpoint turns into a tense standoff when the police give us a choice: pay a $900 bribe or go to prison.
Ecuador Road Trip Journal – Week 3: On the Coast
This is a journal of our final week driving around Ecuador. We visited the coast and took an excursion out to the “Poor Man’s Galapagos.”
