My Tales Abroad

The monkey first got my attention by pelting a fruit pit at me -

Just like there's two kinds of girls on Halloween, in girl world, there's two kinds on a South American trail

Here's how I spent 12 days in Colombia

Here's how I spent 2 weeks in Argentina

Buenos Aires was like going back in time, or, perhaps into someone's future.

Maybe it’s slightly offensive to call one of the largest glaciers in the world little,

Argentina and Chile have a bit of a rivalry

There is no joy like that of a Latino sports fanatic.

Where land meets sea at the very edge of the world

Here's how I spent my Thanksgiving Holiday in Peru Day Activity Notes Day 1 Fly into Cusco I had a roundtrip into Lima, from where I took a one-way

While not exactly wild, the domesticated animals were equally deserving of their photo op.

Peru is practically its own microcosm of Earth. A mere four hours by car and you are in a completely different terrain - jungle, mountains, beach

Rainbow mountain. Sounds like sunshine and warmth, right? Not always.

The grand finale started with a painfully early morning for the final walk, arriving at the Sun Gate of Machu Picchu at sunrise.

Crossing over two more mountain passes and several ruins was the agenda of the day. This was my favorite section of the trail, despite the fac

A brutal uphill slog over Dead Woman’s Pass. Aptly named because the mountain silhouette looks like a woman laying on her back. Apparently. Do yo

A comfortable train from Cusco to Machu Picchu takes ~3 hours. But that’s no fun. What is fun? 4 days of walking an ancient Incan pilgrimage ro

" There are few things as pleasing to an eye as an Incan wall.