I know, "Rainbow Mountain" sounds like a happy place filled with unicorns and good times, but it was one of the more difficult things we have ever done. At the same time, it was also the most victorious we have ever felt! Like, we aren't intense hiker people so this literally was the summit of …
How-to get to Machu Picchu
So you want to see a wonder of the world, good for you! Machu Picchu is definitely worthy of being visited, but boy is it complicated to get to. It is completely isolated. I've said that a place was "in the middle of nowhere" hundreds of times, I live in Arkansas after all, but Machu …
Huacachina- An Oasis in the Desert
How to get there: We used the Cruz del Sur bus company to go from Lima to Ica and bought our tickets at the bus terminal for $20. We even upgraded to the VIP seats for $3 a person. The seats were nice, they reclined and each seat had its own tv screen. Unfortunately, all …
Verona- Day Trip from Venice
Fair Verona! We took a break from the Venetian canals and did a day trip to Verona! How to get there: The train! Duh. So there are a few options here. You can take the 1 hour train for $29 OR you can take the 2.5 hour train for $12. We opted to spend the …
3 Days in Venice
This was originally supposed to be a very different post. Katelyn and I were on our way to Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest. We had packed our dirndls (traditional German dress) and warm clothes to sleep in, and not much else. As we've said before, we fly standby. This means that if real customers fill up …
Santiago, Chile: Planning is Important
Katelyn calls me and says "Hey want to go to Chile in 3 hours? Hope you say yes because I just booked your flight to Dallas." Clearly I did say yes, after calling my mom and seeing how upset she would be if I missed Mothers Day. (Don't worry she was cool with it.) So …
We’re Kinda Cheating
If you came here looking for tips and tricks on how to get flights on the cheap, you'll be sorely disappointed. I know next to nothing about buying plane tickets, when the best time to buy is, or which routes are cheapest. "But how can you travel so often and know nothing about purchasing tickets," …
Hostels: An Incomplete and Highly Subjective Guide.
Well long story short, hostels are amazing. If you are budget traveling then you're going to need to stay in hostels. I've found, however, that my fellow Americans have some reservations about these wonderful places. I blame the movie Hostel for about 75% of this and I blame the other 25% on the absence of …
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Tips for Driving in Iceland
This was our first time ever driving in a foreign country and I'm not going to lie I was very skeptical when the nice man at the Blue Car Rental handed us the keys and said "Have a nice trip." Excuse me?! We are not qualified for this. We don't know what we are …
Iceland: What to Bring
I'm a notorious overpacker. Even as a flight attendant I will go on a three day work trip and come home with two outfits I didn't even touch. But hey, what if there was suddenly a cute boy in first class that wanted to take me on a fancy dancy dinner date?? (This has …
PACKED AND PENNILESS 