The Dumbest Thing We Did to a Rental Car on Our Gap Year
Over the course of a year of traveling South America and renting cars, something was bound to happen. Read about it here.
Tales & Misadventures
5 Days in La Paz: Cholita Wrestling and an 11-Course Lunch
We spent five days in this magnificent city, floating over it in cable cars, watching a female version of lucha libre and enjoying an 11-course meal.
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.
11 South American Luxuries We’ll Miss in the USA
You might not think of South America as a land of luxury. But that all depends on what you consider living the high life.
The Uneventful Week in Costa Rica That Wasn’t
We expected the final week of our family gap year — in a small Costa Rican beach town — to be simple and uneventful. It was anything but.
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.”
Ecuador Road Trip Journal – Week 2: Through the Sierra
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 Road Trip Journal – Week 1: Into the Jungle
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.
Ridiculous Short Stories From a Farm in Bolivia
Oliver, our nine-year old boy, recounts in his own words some of his funniest experiences during our two-week permaculture farm stay in Bolivia.
