We love to travel the world and decided when Jeanne became pregnant that we wouldn’t let having a baby keep us from adventure. What’s more, we wanted our child to participate in our lifestyle and have an appreciation for seeing the world. We knew we’d need a child carrier backpack that would fit those needs. […]

The first thing we noticed about Cusco is its role as the hub of this part of the Andes. Like Kathmandu in Nepal, Cusco is the airport, railroad and highway hub that serves the outlying areas like Urubamba, Pisac, and Machu Picchu. It’s where the trekkers and tourists start and end their adventures in the […]

Today ranked in the top three of toughest days for physical exertion in our adventures together…the others being the one-day hike to Paliku Camp on Maui and our one-day summit of Mt Whitney. We started at 6:40 am with a train ride from our hotel, west along the Urubamba River, eventually reaching Aguas Calientes, the […]

Today we woke to snow in the mountains after a heavy rainstorm last night. ‘Our’ mountain above our hotel, Chi’qun, not only had fresh snow on the glacier but there was also snow halfway down the nearby peaks. We had an absolutely delicious breakfast at our hotel before walking into the town to catch a taxi […]

We were up early to catch our flight from Lima to Cusco, a change in elevation from just above sea level to 3400 m (11,200 ft). The flight was full of tour groups from China, Japan the US and Canada and we seemed to be the only ones on our own (and the youngest). When […]

We landed last night on our flight from Houston at 10:30, flying in low over a bay that seemed to have hundreds of cargo ships at anchor at the Port of Callao before touching down just as we crossed the coastline. A quick check of Wikipedia showed that Callao was the main port for the […]

This is a continuation of Day 1 of 3 gray and wonderful days on Belle-île-en-Mer, Brittany. Our second day in Belle-île-en-Mer started with a change of hotels. The owner of the Hotel Clos Fleuri wasn’t any easier to deal with in the morning, so we quickly booked the hotel we considered when we first planned […]

I never thought I could associate rainy skies and beautiful vistas, but Belle-ile-en-Mer, an island just 8 kilometers off the Brittany Coast of France is where you can. I call Brittany the ‘Ireland of France’ for its weather and coastline. Belle-île is located northwest of the city of Saint-Nazaire and to the southeast of Lorient. […]

The vast majority of the people who kayak the Wailua River are there to hike to the least-secret Secret Falls we know. Being ourselves, we couldn’t limit our activities to the things on the beaten path. We don’t know who put up the rope swing, but we’ll bet it wasn’t a tourist. Tourists just don’t […]

This is an excellent, fairly easy hike and it surprised us that we waited so long to discover it. The hike is mostly shady except for one section and there are several easy stream crossings that only require stepping across rocks. This a great family hike. Getting there The trailhead is found ten miles above […]