Galapagos Tours

Choosing the Best Galapagos Tours

By on February 19, 2012 ]

Choosing from the hundreds of Galapagos tours doesn’t sound like an easy choice, but it actually wasn’t too hard for Aracely and I. As someone that’s active on the web, always reading others’ experiences while touring the world, I sort of knew who the best tour operators for the Galapagos were. Galapagos Travel This trip [...]

England Travel

England Travel or England My Home?

By on February 16, 2012 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Jimmy McIntyre of Strange Lands, shares his awkward experience coming back home to Newcastle, England after traveling long term. Returning Home I sat and watched the houses pass by – familiar yet different. The people getting on and off all had faces I’m sure I once knew. The [...]

Galapagos Travel

Galapagos Islands… Here we come!

By on February 14, 2012 ]

It’s official, we are traveling to the Galapagos Islands for the first time in our lives. This is a significant trip for us because Aracely has always dreamed of visiting the Galapagos Islands, but we had great trepidation in doing so when we spent over a month in Ecuador back in 2010. We both have [...]

Travel Photos

Travel Photo of the Day: Sunset at Isla del Sol, Bolivia

By on February 11, 2012 ]

The best of Bolivia After a full day of hiking from the north part of Isla del Sol island to the south, we took a rest at a restaurant with an amazing view of Lake Titicaca.  The hours passed and the sun began to hide behind the horizon.  The sunset slowly revealed some amazing colors [...]

Argentina Travel

10 Unusual Things to Do in Buenos Aires

By on February 10, 2012 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Erin and Simon of Never Ending Voyage, share their list of unusual things to do in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina Travel Buenos Aires is one of the highlights when travelling South America and most visitors fall for this elegant city with its European vibe and South American energy. [...]

30th Birthday Travel

Aracely turns 30 – Where should she travel?

By on February 8, 2012 ]

Aracely turns the big 30 on March 12 and as usual with any milestone in her life, she wants to go travel, or at least create more adventure vacations memories.  We have a week to escape, and no plans at this point. What type of travel? It doesn’t seem like she has narrowed it down [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day: Costa Rica Cloud Forest Millipede

By on January 24, 2012 ]

Can you help us identify what kind of millipede this is? We found it while walking through the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. We do our best to label our travel photos correctly.

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Travel Photo of the Day – Uganda Beetles Mating

By on January 20, 2012 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Andrea of the Butterflyist, shares a nature picture from Uganda in this travel photo of the day. It was quite incredible to spot these two beautiful beetles while doing a nature walk around the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park. Such an intimate look into the [...]