Way back before we started out on this journey, Jenn had mentioned something about paragliding in Switzerland. When we were in Peru, we had briefly looked into soaring off the cliffs in Lima, but the calm skies meant that none … Read More
Long before we embarked on our [potentially] year-long adventure, Jenn had stumbled across a company called Oxalis Adventure Tours that does caving expeditions in Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Oxalis has an exclusive license to operate in a number … Read More
Following our extended stay in Airlie Beach, we returned to Cairns for a day of SCUBA diving out on the Great Barrier Reef, something we were both really excited for. We booked the trip with Seastar Cruises, a company that … Read More
After three days of unfavorable winds and visibility limitations, we finally were able to board our 10-person Cessna 208 Caravan for our seaplane adventure with Air Whitsunday! Much like committing to parking myself at the base of Tongariro until I … Read More
Considered by many to be the greatest day hike in the country, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing has been atop my New Zealand must-do list for quite some time. So much so that I told Stephan I was prepared to park … Read More
The Queenstown, New Zealand area is widely regarded as the world’s foremost adventure destination. Therefore, we knew we had to try something fun and exciting in this part of the country. Several years before even considering this trip, I came … Read More
After spending a couple days exploring Cusco and the Sacred Valley – and getting acclimatized to the 11,200′ (3,400 m) of elevation – we were excited to begin our 7-day private trek to Machu Picchu via the Salkantay trail. We … Read More
On our first morning in Ecuador, we arose early and departed Quito for a day of mountain biking in Cotopaxi National Park. Standing 19,347 feet (5,897 m) tall, Cotopaxi is one of the few glaciated equatorial volcanoes in the world, … Read More
