Day 3 Amazonia:Â Pink Dolphins and Maria's Potion
I spend the whole night tossing and turning and ripping at my clothes. The cold medication leaves me feeling like I'm moving in slow...
Day 2 Amazonia: Floating Through the Jungle
I wake to the sounds of jungle. The moon has the sky lit up so well that I think it's dawn, but its barely past midnight. It's going to...
Day 1 Amazonia: Quarantined in Calanoa
I wake up feeling like death and beg for our host, Marlene to see me in hopes that she can recommend a cure via some flowers or herbs. I...
Beginning in Bogota
I am counting the hours until we leave for the Amazon in Southern Colombia, near Leticia. Going from sea level in Costa Rica to an...
Pura Vida in Costa Rica!
We are sitting here, in our hostel in Alajuela, trying to decide what to do with our last 24 hours. It is hard to believe that 2 weeks is...
From Kwantlen to Colombia
Traveling is like learning, the more places you go, the more your realize how little you have seen. A year ago, when I told my family I...
Bali Hai
Nothing is ever so exciting as buying a plane ticket. We were sitting in bed, with the light of our laptops glimmering on our laughing...