Costa Rica – Hiking Cerro Chirripó
From the coast, we struck inland, heading to San Gerardo to make a base for hiking the tallest mountain in Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripó. They recommend doing it as an…
USA – Sequoia National Park and Death Valley
We headed through Yosemite National Park and out to Sequoia National Park. On the way out we stopped roadside to watch a mumma bear and her two cubs play in…
USA – Yosemite National Park
We picked Megan up from San Francisco airport on her arrival back in the US and drove West to Yosemite, only stopping for a quick look in Costco and to…
Canada – Ice Fishing
Yesterday was an ice fishing adventure where we hiked the short distance out to Mud Lake. We post-holed (where each step your leg sinks deep into the snow) through the…
Canada – Hiking the Rockies
After Banff we continued north, stopping along to hike to Boom Lake, an easy 10km round trip. We were the first ones in the trail, starting the morning at a…
Guatemala – Antigua
Last week we took a school holiday and travelled to Antigua and Semuc Champey. The trip was really about Semuc but given we didn't need a whole week there and…
Guatemala – more mountains and bakery treats
No news to report this week. Still doing school things 5 days a week, 5hrs a day. We went for a hike up the back of Xela into the farms…