A Friday the 13th Near-Tragedy in the Backcountry of Costa Rica
The rooster began crowing at 4:45 AM and we awoke to the warm mountain breeze. We ate a large breakfast, said our thanks to the family ...
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Pirates of the High Trees
I have an irrational fear of heights, especially high trees. What's there to be scared of you ask? It's not like falling hundreds of fe...
Saluting the Sun God at Machu Picchu
Having just hiked four days through cold and rain, covering 49 kilometres of the Inca Trail from Cuzco through the Andean cloud forest ...
The Salar de Uyuni and the Cordillera De Chichas – South West Bolivia
If ever there was a place where one could imagine being on a different planet, it has to be the in the surreal high altitude landscapes...
La Ruta Maya River Challenge – An Extreme Bucket List Adventure
My friends at Pau Hana Surf Supply are in San Ignacio, Belize for the race of their lives - La Ruta Maya River Challenge! La Ruta Maya ...
My First Half Marathon
In the words of someone really smart: it is finished. I’m home now and as I think back on the events of the past weekend, I’m a bit da...
Bike Riding Through the Cambodian Countryside
Follow me through the Cambodian countryside via bicycle. Bright green fields stretched to my right and left, scattered with small woode...
Ten Reasons Why Traveling With Kids Is Cool
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me I was crazy to be traveling with kids in Italy by myself, I would have never come back...
Bucharest is Europe’s Best Kept Secret
Bucharest is the most lush, sweet, and pleasing-to-the-eye city I’ve visited. The best part is that nobody “knows” about it. You don’t ...
Practically Perfect Prague
Practically perfect… and it doesn’t even need a ‘spoon full of sugar to make the medicine go down!’ “Medicine” in the form of sweeping ...