Nothing like Pacific Coast sunsets…

Our first sunset over the Pacific Ocean during the entire trip. The coastal towns of Ecuador offer different experiences – party hearty Montañita, surfing mecca Canoa, and chillax Ayampe (where we took this picture). It’s nice to have a little taste of home sometimes 🙂

The long road to La Paz

Our journey through Bolivia continued as we headed north to Sucre, the judicial capital of the country. It’s a beautiful city which still boasts colonial architecture and is supposedly located in the most purely indigenous region. While we were relaxing in the plaza one afternoon, we came across hundreds of … Continue Reading →

“Fuck! I´ve been caterpillared!”

Besides leaving horrible burning rashes all over your skin, the myriad of caterpillars in Northern Argentina come in a beautiful array of shapes and sizes. Careful though… they like to dive bomb you from the trees and crawl into the most unlikely of places. Crazy caterpiller #103-Nov-2010 15:16, Canon Canon … Continue Reading →

Saludos desde Suramérica

Another flight, another continent. We’ve finally made it to South America – land of the Amazon rainforest, failed U.S. foreign policy, Machu Picchu, coca leaves, the Andes, dictatorships, indigenous tribes, Darwin and his finches, Patagonia and the list goes on and on… Time to bust out our mad Spanish skills … Continue Reading →