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Mexico City: A Photo Journal
Mexico City: A Photo Journal
MexicoRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickMarch 26, 2019photography, photo journal, Mexico, Mexico CityComment
See the world with the planet in mind: Tips for the eco-conscious traveler
See the world with the planet in mind: Tips for the eco-conscious traveler
Travel resourcesRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickFebruary 6, 2019Environment, Eco travel, Sustainability, Travel resources, Trip planning, Life on the roadComment
Things we're excited about when we go home
Things we're excited about when we go home
Reflections, Travel resourcesRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJanuary 29, 2019Planning, HomeComment
Things we'll miss about backpacking Latin America
Things we'll miss about backpacking Latin America
Travel resources, ReflectionsRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJanuary 29, 2019Latin America, Backpacking, Markets, Celebrations, Holidays, FoodComment
Reflections: December 2018
Reflections: December 2018
Reflections, Bolivia, Chile, ArgentinaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJanuary 7, 2019Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Sucre, Uyuni, Salar de Uyuni, Salt Flats, Atacama, Valparaiso, Mendoza, BarilocheComment
Reflections: November 2018
Reflections: November 2018
ReflectionsRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickDecember 4, 2018Reflections, Peru, Bolivia, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco, La Paz, Sucre, Copacabana, SalkantayComment
A detailed guide to visiting the Galapagos on a budget
A detailed guide to visiting the Galapagos on a budget
EcuadorRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickDecember 2, 2018Ecuador, Galapagos, Budget, DIY, Wildlife, Lodging, How to get thereComment
Where the wild things are: Our best holiday in the Galapagos
Where the wild things are: Our best holiday in the Galapagos
Ecuador, ReflectionsRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickOctober 30, 2018Galapagos, Ecuador, Diving, Wildlife, CompetitionComment
Know before you go: A basic guide to Ecuador
Know before you go: A basic guide to Ecuador
EcuadorRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickSeptember 10, 2018Planning, Health, EcuadorComment
Our guide to Ometepe Island
Our guide to Ometepe Island
NicaraguaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJuly 31, 2018Nicaragua, Ometepe, El Zopilote, El Pital, horseback riding, paddleboarding, scooter rentalComment
Border crossing: Panama to Colombia
Border crossing: Panama to Colombia
Costa Rica + Panama, Colombia, Travel resourcesRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJuly 5, 2018Panama, Colombia, Capurgana, Puerto Obaldia, Border crossing, San Blas, CartagenaComment
What we spent: May 2018
What we spent: May 2018
ColombiaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJune 15, 2018Budget, Colombia, Minca, Santa Marta, Taganga, MedellinComment
Know before you go: A basic guide to Colombia
Know before you go: A basic guide to Colombia
ColombiaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJune 12, 2018Planning, Health, Colombia Comment
Border crossing: Costa Rica to Panama
Border crossing: Costa Rica to Panama
Costa Rica + Panama, Travel resourcesRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJune 4, 2018Costa Rica, Panama, Border crossingComment
Border crossing: Nicaragua to Costa Rica
Border crossing: Nicaragua to Costa Rica
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Travel resources, Costa Rica + PanamaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickJune 2, 2018Border crossing, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, How to get thereComment
Six things to do in and around Granada
Six things to do in and around Granada
NicaraguaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickMay 27, 2018Nicaragua, Granada, photography, Things to do, How to get there, Church, Laguna de Apoyo, Las Isletas, Mombacho, Masaya, Volcano, Colonial, Architecture, Attractions, Day trip, HistoryComment
Know before you go: A basic guide to Panama
Know before you go: A basic guide to Panama
Panama, Costa Rica + PanamaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickMay 22, 2018Planning, Health, Panama City, PanamaComment
Eight things to do in León
Eight things to do in León
NicaraguaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickMay 22, 2018León, Nicaragua, Things to do, Attractions, Activity, Beach, Culture, Adventure, History, Las Penitas, Flor de Cana, Volcano, Volcano boardingComment
Know before you go: A basic guide to Costa Rica
Know before you go: A basic guide to Costa Rica
Costa Rica, Costa Rica + PanamaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickMay 21, 2018Planning, HealthComment
What we spent: April 2018
What we spent: April 2018
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica + PanamaRebecca Nieves-McGoldrickMay 21, 2018Budget, Costa Rica, Playa Samara, San Jose, Puerto Viejo, Panama City, Capurgana, CartagenaComment
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Happiest of birthdays to this guy! Your enthusiasm for life is contagious, and I’m grateful I can be part of it 💖 — #love #adventurecouple #adventure #adventuretogether #travelcouple #travellove #exploremore #exploretocreate #lifeofadventure #speechlessplaces #stayandwander #beautifuldestinations #photooftheday #lonelyplanet #ourplanetdaily #visualsofearth #roamtheplanet #mytinyatlas #travelstoke #traveldeeper #travellife #traveldiaries #passionpassport #travelphotography #naturephotography #ichosetowander #theconstantlycurious #travelblogger #traveling
And like that, it’s time to fly back to the US. When we hopped on the plane to Mexico, we honestly didn’t know how long or how far we’d make it. Patagonia was the goal, but the last time we were in Latin America together before this journey, it ended in disaster. That trip, we’d intended on spending three months in Honduras, and after two weeks we were home. In such a short time, we’d been hit with just about every travel disaster that could happen. We were held up at knife point, one of us was hospitalized with what was presumed to be malaria, and then a devastating family emergency happened back home. Everything was falling apart and the universe was sending us every message that we needed to go home. So when we set off on this trip with the intention of being gone for a year and a half, we were pretty nervous. Two weeks into this journey, we were in Mexico City when a major 7.1 earthquake hit. We started wondering if this trip, like Honduras, would end in catastrophe. But we kept going, and now as we get ready to go to the airport to fly out of Brazil, we’re a little shocked that we’re going back to the US in non-emergency circumstances. A year and a half and no robbery, no major sickness, no family emergency. We made it to places we’d always dreamed of, and others that we discovered along the way. We celebrated independence days and day of the dead and carnaval. We climbed some of the most beautiful mountains on the continent. We camped next to an erupting volcano. We dove with rays and turtles and hammerhead sharks and whales. We trekked to Machu Picchu. And in between were the days we fell in love with the everyday rhythm of Latin America. It’s funny how living like this, where our home changes every couple of days or weeks, makes memories so much more vibrant. Ask us what we did in July 2016, and we’d shrug our shoulders and give a vague answer like, “probably working?” But ask us what we did any month of that last 18, and we remember so much. “Oh yeah! We visited a penguin colony, and went to Perito Moreno glaciar. And then we got to Buenos Aires and remember that dinner we had? And that concert we stumbled upon! And visiting Iguazu!” (Continued ⬇️)
Bolivia might be landlocked, but looking out across Lake Titicaca could fool you into thinking this is the ocean. — In the late 19th century, Chile claimed the Atacama region in a land dispute with Bolivia. To this day, Bolivians are fighting for access to the ocean, and all across the country we saw old maps with the pre-land dispute borders showing Bolivia touching the Pacific 🌊 — #bolivia #visitbolivia #experiencebolivia #laketiticaca #naturephotography #travelphotography #lonelyplanet #passionpassport #ichosetowander #roamtheplanet #mytinyatlas #photooftheday #natgeo #speechlessplaces #neverstopexploring #traveldeeper #beautifuldestinations #exploretocreate #travelstoke #lifeofadventure #stayandwander #traveldiaries #travellife #globetrotter #travelcouple #exploremore #travelblogger #adventuretogether
In a world of our own. — When Jared and I said our vows, we promised each other a love as strong as the mountains, as wise as the forests, as free as the wind, and as passionate as the sea. In our commitment to one another, we voiced a shared vision of the kind of life we wanted to live together. One that puts memories and experiences over material things. The idea of traveling by land from Mexico City to the tip of South America seemed outrageous to our friends and family, but to us, it was the purest expression of this promise. As we near the conclusion of our journey, we reflect on what it's all meant. We've summited volcanoes and leapt from cliffs in tandem. We've held hands in the presence of sharks in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. These 18 months have been a series of moments in which we've confronted challenging environments, often in natural spaces that we find mesmerizing and spiritual. In these contexts of vulnerability and exposure, we depend on one another and learn how trust fully. We're sharing a bit of our story to enter @passionpassport and @quatarairways giveaway for tickets to the Maldives, Seychelles, or Thailand. Since we started diving together on our journey across Latin America, we've been eyeing these three places with the hope that one day we can see any one of these destinations underwater. Below the surface, we rely completely on intuition and each other, lost in a world of our own. — #pploveintheair @passionpassport @quatarairways @finduslost @roamaroo @theangelinos_ — #love #adventurecouple #adventure #adventuretogether #travelcouple #travellove #exploremore #exploretocreate #lifeofadventure #speechlessplaces #stayandwander #beautifuldestinations #photooftheday #lonelyplanet #ourplanetdaily #visualsofearth #roamtheplanet #mytinyatlas #travelstoke #traveldeeper #travellife #traveldiaries #passionpassport #travelphotography #naturephotography #ichosetowander #theconstantlycurious #travelblogger #traveling
Which direction? — In three weeks we fly back to the US, and it’s just starting to really hit us. We’re so excited to see our fur baby who’s been living with Rebecca’s parents, and we’re planning to spend our first month and a half visiting friends and family. But there’s also a lot of fear and anxiety. We aren’t ready for the culture shock, the face paced life, the need to organize our time. Like we’ve been saying to each other, it’s been a year and a half of Saturdays, of getting to wake up every day and do whatever we want. Most of all, it’s enjoying each other’s company, patience, and excitement. It’s leisurely enjoying the colors, sounds, and flavors of life. It’s having the time to work on the projects that bring us joy. So while we haven’t exactly figured out which direction we’re going in when we get home, we know the destination is to get back to this life as soon as possible. — #bolivia #visitbolivia #experiencebolivia #uyuni #climatechange #saltflats #naturephotography #travelphotography #lonelyplanet #passionpassport #ichosetowander #roamtheplanet #mytinyatlas #photooftheday #natgeo #speechlessplaces #neverstopexploring #traveldeeper #beautifuldestinations #exploretocreate #travelstoke #lifeofadventure #stayandwander #traveldiaries #travellife #globetrotter #travelcouple #exploremore #travelblogger #adventuretogether
We interrupt our mountain feed for a cactus island in the middle of a sea of salt, since that feels more like the weather we’ve got right now in Buenos Aires. — This is Inkawasi, an island inhabited by cactus in the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. In pre-colonial times, the Incas came here to seek refuge from the Spanish conquistadors. And millions of years before that, all of this used to be covered in water. Even up until a few years ago water could be seen surrounding this island. Today, because of climate change, the Salar is loosing water at an unprecedented rate, threatening the entire ecosystem here. — #bolivia #visitbolivia #experiencebolivia #uyuni #climatechange #saltflats #naturephotography #travelphotography #lonelyplanet #passionpassport #ichosetowander #roamtheplanet #mytinyatlas #photooftheday #natgeo #speechlessplaces #neverstopexploring #traveldeeper #beautifuldestinations #exploretocreate #travelstoke #lifeofadventure #stayandwander #traveldiaries #travellife #globetrotter #theconstantlycurious #exploremore #travelblogger #travel

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