After a few days in Pucon, we headed towards Parque Nacional Huerquehue (pronounced Where-kay-way, although Danny tends to prefer a myriad of other pronunciations) to get in some good hiking in this remote area surrounded by lakes and volcanoes. My body was pretty beat up […]
Day 1, we took our first hard core bus ride, a 12 hour overnighter from Santiago to Poo Cone and it was great. So much better than flying! The luxury bus had super wide seats, awesome reclinage and even a bus flight attendant giving us […]
Stopped through Santiago for 1 night on our way back to the mainland from Easter Island. Then caught a bus 2 hours westward towards the coast, to Valparaiso. We arrived in Valparaiso, with expectations of a small, hilly, seaside town, with a few cool murals. […]
Warning, this is a long post! We don’t intend to make all of our posts this long, but once I (Lindsey) sat down to write this, the info just started flowing out of me. I have wanted to come to Easter Island, also known as […]
And the trip has begun! It started with a great omen on the plane sitting next to a Chilean named Lola (Lindsey’s high school Spanish name), who happened to be a super interesting Hindu, veg head, tarot card reading, art extraordinaire, who also happens to […]
…close enough. The last two months have been an absolute whirlwind, filled with many goodbye hugs and accompanying cocktails, although not enough cocktails to keep us from being really sad that we’re not going to see you all for so long. I’m not sure we […]
Whittling down what feels like an endless to do list. Next up on the list, sell our car. I’ve had this Honda Element for 8 years! It’s carried me many miles across the US in every direction. Best road trip car ever. Cleaned it out […]
We are really sad to be leaving Bacon at home for the year. But we are very lucky to have my parents taking care of her while we are gone. Now taking bets on whether or not my parents will actually give her back to […]
Tomorrow is moving day! Rented our apartment out for the year while we are gone. Made a handful of final visits to our rooftop patio, a special place for us. Tested out our new camera during this beautiful Chicago sunset. To see the full […]