Kim and TD + 28 months + wanderlust + inappropriate language = a dream fulfilled
Sometimes you wish you could do it all over again. TD and I returned from our trip in late 2011 and are firmly entrenched back home in San Francisco. At that point, we were definitely ready to come home. Everything got to be too much after a while – the … Continue Reading →
Words can’t do justice to the feelings of joy and the swelling in our chests as we saw this vista….home!
We could feel ourselves being pulled, like so many settlers before us, out west. After our national park adventure, we visited TD’s college friends who lived in Ketchum, Idaho. It’s an incredible landscape out there with mountains, rivers and even the craters of the moon. It’s no wonder that Hemingway … Continue Reading →
After yet another lapse in blog posts, we resume our story at Yellowstone. When we last left off, TD and I spent some QT with our friends in St. Louis. Our next stop was Boulder, Colorado where we hooked up with our homies who used to live in San Francisco. … Continue Reading →
What better way to ease into the US than whiling away a few weeks with family in the picturesque countryside of Vermont. Get ready for a heavy dose of Americana… 4th of July parades!
At long last, our final destination – the land of milk and honey. After 26 months, 34 countries and almost $100,000 later, we are finally back in the States…for good. How to sum up over two years of life on the road? I don’t think we can fully express what … Continue Reading →
Everyone’s heard of tequila, that yellowish booze we took too many shots of once and have sworn off forever. Far fewer people have heard of mezcal, a liquor made from the maguey (a.k.a. agave) plant of Mexico. While tequila is only made from blue agave, mezcal can be distilled from … Continue Reading →
Chiapas is Mexico’s southernmost state, bordering Guatemala and also home to the highest percentage of indigenous groups. It’s also the poorest state yet produces over half of the country’s hydroelectric power, has rich oil reserves and has seen a government funded tourism boom. The local people, however, see little benefit … Continue Reading →
Puebla has the best tacos arabes in the country….fucking ridiculous.
After some Ecuadorian beach time, we wanted to get our farm groove back on. We learned about Rio Muchacho Organic Farm near the surfing town of Canoa and after reading the website, it sounded like an ideal place. The project is admirable – Dario and Nicola founded the farm in … Continue Reading →