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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Chile / Environment & Sustainability / Food
by Liuan
by Liuan · Published October 7, 2023 · Last modified October 3, 2023
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.
A routine police checkpoint turns into a tense standoff when the police give us a choice: pay a $900 bribe or go to prison.
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.”
Ecuador / Tales & Misadventures
by Matt, Liuan · Published June 11, 2023 · Last modified October 6, 2023
This is a daily journal of our second week on the road. Our family spent three weeks driving around Ecuador in a rental car.
Ecuador / Tales & Misadventures
by Matt, Liuan · Published June 8, 2023 · Last modified June 11, 2023
On the first week of our 3-week road trip around Ecuador, we give the day by day highlights as we descend from the Andes into the jungle.
An acquaintance going to Chile from the United States in a few months asked about general travel tips for this country. This is what I told her, plus a bit more.
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