Painting courtesy of French cyclist Anne Buisson. Thanks Anne! Check out her and partner Stephane’s website by clicking here
Hi everybody!  Ana and I are in Puerto Natales, Chile and doing well.  The weather has been awesome lately, and we’ve been enjoying the sunshine and warm weather.  We’ve been in Puerto Natales for a […]

We arrived in the city of Ica Peru (population 230,000) about 1 hour before sunset.  After a short 4 km drive off the main highway, we suddenly found ourselves in the desert oasis of Huacachina.  On all sides of us were sand dunes towering above for several hundred feet.  Some dunes were shimmering in the […]

Ana’s dad, Tiberiu “TB” Craici is now visiting and traveling with us.  We picked him up yesterday at the airport in Lima, and are very happy to have him with us.  TB has been retired for the last two years, and decided he has a month to spare to hang out with his daughter and […]

From Leimebamba we head through the mountains and down to the coast.  The highway here is pretty decent, dirt but good, up until Cajamarca.  From there to the coast the road is significantly worse and takes forever.  There is also much more traffic on this section, especially buses and big trucks.  Once you descend out […]

From Kuelap we drove to Leimebamba to visit the highly recommended mummy museum.  We didn’t quite make it on the first go because we encountered a landslide on the main road.  We backtracked a few kilometers and camped at Estancia Chillo for 20 soles a night ($7). At Estancia Chillo we met Susanne and […]

We were going to camp at the lakeside park just outside the town of Arenal, Costa Rica.  However, it was a bit isolated and various people kept showing up, so we decided to camp in town instead. In the morning we drove down to the lake to work on website pictures and relax a bit. […]

Today we splurged in the town of La Fortuna and got the $30 hotel room with a view of the Arenal volcano. It was recommended to us by a friend of Fred Holts. It was indeed a good room with a good view. However, little did we know that you have to […]