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We’re a couple of STEM geeks who love to travel. In 2016, we were emboldened to pack up conventional life and spend the year circumnavigating the globe. During our twelve months abroad, we journeyed over 58,000 miles across 32 countries … 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

Ecuador’s most populous city and the second highest world capital (9,350′ AMSL), Quito rests on the slope of Pichincha volcano, one of the Andes’ active stratovolcanoes. At the heart of the sprawling metropolis sits Quito’s historic Old Town, which was … Read More

One of our first international trips together, we spent a week in the beautiful, forested countryside of Costa Rica back in May 2007. This journey preceded the days of my trusty travel journal, and was before we could afford some … Read More