Author: Jenn

Jenn writes on 2014-07-10: We have returned to North America via Miami and are currently sweating profusely with a couple of cold beers in hand. We arrived here on Wednesday July 2nd in the afternoon after a rather eventful flight on Copa Airlines from Buenos Aires.  In an effort to save money, our flight had […]

Jenn writes on June 24, 2014 from Buenos Aires, Argentina: After crossing into Argentina, I was surprised at how flat it was.  Adam reminded me that we were still up in the altiplano at over 3000 meters above sea level, and it was somewhat premature to expect immediate change as soon as crossing over the […]

Jenn writes on June 18, 2014 from Salta, Argentina: Our decision to go to Uyuni meant that our route was decided for us- along a 200 kilometer dirt road that stretched its way along altiplano south to Tupiza in the direction of the Argentinian border. There is a paved road that goes south to Argentina […]

Jenn writes on 2014-07-17: After Adam’s tour of the mine, we felt that our time in Potosí had been sufficiently completed and it was time to set our sights on a new place. Sucre is known as “the white city” due to the high number of white colonial buildings.  Although it is the third largest […]

We write on 2014-05-30: We are presently in Copacabana, Bolivia which is just over the border from Peru.  This is the real Copacabana – the beach in Brazil, which has a famous song written about it, borrowed its name from this picturesque pueblo on the shores of the grand Lake Titicaca. We arrived at Hostel […]

Jenn writes on 2014-05-15: We said adios to Lima and left all of its upscale Miraflores delights, and depressing grey skies (no sun the entire time we were there!) and hit the road. Our next stop was Huacachina, a desert oasis just outside of Ica. The ride from Lima was more blowing, coastal desert underneath […]

Jenn writes on 2014-05-11: Bright lights, classy city, crazy drivers – greetings from Lima! We arrived in Lima mid-afternoon after a long day’s ride through more coastal desert. This time the road had us travelling up and down over mountains (or sand dunes?) as we coasted alongside, well, the coast. The weather wasn’t ideal and […]

Jenn writes on 2014-05-05: Greetings from high in the Peruvian Andes mountains! We have already spent almost an entire week here, in Huaraz – “the Switzerland of the Andes” – and it’s pretty spectacular.  We haven’t taken advantage of any of the offered tours (mountain trekking mostly) but the surrounding scenery is simply marvelous and […]

Jenn writes on 2014-04-14: Hola from hot and humid Guayquil!  We have descended from the Andes mountains and are moving towards the coast of Ecuador for a much needed break from the chill of the Andes.  The Andes can be challenging with its steep grades and twisty roads.  Our final decent was enjoyable and rather […]

Jenn writes on 2014-03-25: Woah! We have some catch-up to do!  It’s been an eventful twenty-odd days since we last checked in! We are currently back in the Andes in a city called Pasto, approximately 100 kilometres from the Ecuadorian border.  Although not a very pretty city, it does have some pretty nice colonial buildings […]