Chile | Food and Drink | Tours
Three Ways To Experience Chilean Wine in Santiago
As we drove into the city of Santiago from the airport my mouth was agape. Santiago wasn’t at all what I was expecting. I was…
What to do in Cartagena Colombia
Surprisingly this was my first trip to Colombia. I was eager to leave the cold December in NYC behind to land in hot, steamy Cartagena….
Travel By Sense at the Bazurto Market Cartagena
This is the stuff that is normally kept far away from most American’s eyesight; the carnage that happens before that lovely piece of prime rib…
Salsa Cartagena: These Hips Don’t Lie
As I walked around the Old City, I watched a waitress move her hips to the beat and pump her arms up in the air…
Feeding the Masses in Puente Piedra
Three times every day, 50+ people sit down at wooden tables with colorful plastic plates piled high with food at the refuge my niece and…
Building Homes in Las Laderas Peru
The hills of Las Laderas were brown and barren of trees. However, they were dotted with little colorful cubes representing simple houses. Josue told me…
Project Peru
How do you find good, legitimate volunteering opportunities when you travel? I get this question all the time, and like most things in life, it…
Family Travel | Peru | Videos
A Teenager’s View of Peru
Megan looked at me before she entered the little, simple bathroom in our hotel guest house in Ollantaytambo to take a shower. She said in…
It’s a Jungle Out There
“The tarantulas are out all night so they won’t care if we are running a bit late,” our amazon jungle guide responded when I asked…
Machu Picchu a Decade Later
I’m in the same place a decade later, sitting on the terraces of Machu Picchu. The scenery has the same awe-inspiring feel. And once again,…