When we visited Patagonia and the capital in 2016, we liked it a lot and recognized its potential. But, after a month in Buenos Aires and a month the northwest part of the country, Argentina has launched itself up our top ten countries list due to its breadth of beautiful terrain, pleasant weather, incredible people, off the charts wine, ease…
2023 started with sickness, cold and challenges in Northern Europe and ended with different sickness, cold and challenges in Indiana (US), but the filling of this annual sandwich was generally quite warm and rewarding as we gallivanted South America like we'd never done before. We got to see and do things parked on our "60 by 60 Lists" like go…
Thanks to the world opening back up and that little bugger called COVID mostly being swept under the proverbial rug, 2022 was the most active year we've had since 2019. We visited 13 countries (Colombia, Peru, US, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Turkiye, Egypt, Italy, Romania, Belgium and Luxembourg) and somehow managed to set foot on five continents as well. We…
Table of Contents Staying Fed Staying Hydrated Staying Clothed Staying Comfy Staying Fit & Well Staying Organized Staying Safe & Secure Staying 21st Century: Electronics & Productivity *Updated October 2022. We have been nomadic for four years since this packing list post was first published in July 2019... it needed some updating. Products have failed and have not been replaced,…
Travel opens your eyes. To idyllic landscapes, delightful new foods, cultural experiences, local realities and new ways of thinking. These are all reasons we love it. But human connection is why we travel. You escape the bubble of everything you know, and open your eyes to every race, every religion, every culture...and it’s only then that you discover people become…
We live with the motto that, one can choose to be blind to the world, or to be an adventurer in search of its treasure. And, although we do believe in taking all necessary and proper safety precautions during this pandemic, we were not going to let COVID keep us from living and experiencing our nomadic lives. So we adapted. We…
Needless to say, 2020 was not in any way the year we expected or even thought plausible. Travel or otherwise. Originally, on our 2 year around-the-world trip started in June 2018, and had planned to wrap up in November 2020. We even went so far as to prepurchase our one-way tickets from New Zealand to LA. After touching down we…
It’s hard to believe we’ve spent the entire year of 2019 on the road. But we did, and to reflect a bit we’ve compiled a few statistics to nerd out on... 20 countries, 3 continents, 17 capitals, 14 languages, 30 UNESCO sites, and 11 land borders (crossed by bus, rail or on foot) We’ve stayed in 42 AirBnbs, 51 guesthouses…
