Rio has some of the best beaches on this trip. Comparing Rio’s beaches to La Paloma is like comparing a dragon to a rock. Everything is better, such as it is not windy at Rio’s beaches, the water is warmer, and the sand is so much better. And all of the beaches in Rio had fun things to do, from being crushed...
We slowed it down here in Rio and it has been great. It was a natural destination to chill since the beach dominates the pulse of the city. We love the greeting they use instead of “Have a good day”, it is “Have a good beach”. We made our reservations long ago and were advised that during the high...
I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. – John O’Donohue Our adventure so far has largely unfolded along the banks of a river. On December 29th we landed in Montevideo on the coast of the massive Rio de la Plata, which Chad will argue is not a river, but rather a...
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ― Anaïs Nin Okay, I think Lobos Marinos (as they call them here), or Marine Wolves is a much better name than Sea Lions. This was the kids first official dive as certified scuba divers. But getting there wasn’t a piece of cake. Having these animal encounters with the penguins...
I think the penguins were worth every second of the 20 hours in a bus it took to get here and the 10:30 p.m. dinner (which I didn’t enjoy as much as I could’ve). It was amazing looking behind you and seeing a mother feeding her baby then walking forward and almost step on a penguin crossing the...
On the boat I was amazed watching the colossal sized chunks of the glacier splash as they hit the water. When I first put on the crampons, I was surprised how light they were. I was expecting them to weigh ten pounds each. When I got on the glacier I was wowed by how many...
Everything you can imagine is real ~ Pablo Picasso We visited the surreal Perito Moreno Glacier, one of many glaciers here in Argentina’s Glacier National Park. This area is the 3rd largest reserve of freshwater on the planet, with the Perito Moreno glacier measuring up to 5 km wide. The magnitude of a glacier with a face that is...
None of us really knew what to expect with this awesome adventure, but here are some lessons that we learned right off the bat. Our bodies need to be broken in. Our feet are transitioning into “summer feet” barefoot and flip flops are an adjustment. Our skin is molting from the sun. We are getting used to our backpacks...
La Paloma was a very good choice for our first stop, despite the 24 hours of travel it took to get there. It has a very different culture, which showed us some things we will be seeing around the world, and very nice people to show us the way. Did you know Uruguayans eat at around 8:00? I...
Everybody in South America is super kind to us. They give us directions to places, they help us learn their language, and all in all are super nice. I honestly did not think that the people here would like us as much as they do or be anywhere as nice to us as they are. On New Years Eve these...