How to Get to Machu Picchu
How hard is it to get to Machu Picchu? It sounds pretty difficult when you read about it online… “You must buy tickets three months in advance… The only way…
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Raquel Karstens
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Shipping Across the Darien Gap
Intro If you’re traveling by car along the panam, you’re bound to hear about the Darien Gap. Shipping across the Darien Gap is the biggest, and possibly most widely known…
Our Top 5 Places to Visit in Mexico
Mexico is a large Latin American country known for its diverse landscape of mountains, deserts, and jungles. It was our first country after the U.S. on our way down the…
How Much Does it Cost to Overland for a Year?
How much does it cost to overland for a year? This is a very common question we get. We’ve only been traveling for three months now, but I can give…
How to Plan an Overland Trip
So, you want to be an overlander, huh? Well, you’re about to take it to another level and hopefully never want to look back! One of the things that we…
Is Overlanding Hard? 5 Stressors
Is overlanding hard? In short, yes and no (I know). Yes, because it requires a lot of preparation , planning, and compromising. No, because there are a lot of resources…
Glacier Kayaking in Alaska
We got lucky. They said that most days in Seward are rainy. Our guide was pleased that today was a sunny, clear, beautiful day. Early that morning we met at…
We Put in Our 30 Day Notice
Things are staring to feel real… we put in our 30 day notice for our rental house. We’ve been living here for about 2 years now and we’ve loved it…
Carlsbad Flower Field
I finally went to the Carlsbad flower field today! I had been wanting to go to them for two years now, but I kept missing the window of opportunity from…