1,620 km and 30 hours of crazy hitchhiking later, we had made it to the city centre of Whitehorse, Yukon. We were now out of the Canadian provinces and into the northern territories. The first order of business, as usual […]
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Vancouver
After four laid-back days of eating, drinking, and sleeping on Vancouver Island, it was time to go to Vancouver city and get some exercise again. To get there, we took our third ferry of the week from Nanaimo to Tsawwassen. […]
Shawnigan Lake Retreat
Brooks dropped us off right in the arms of Emily’s friend from Trinity College, Maddy. We bid farewell to our great American host for the ultimate Canadian experience, and proceeded to our next one- staying at a rustic wooden cottage […]
The Full Canadian Experience…eh?
Despite our disheveled appearances, Brooks greeted us cheerfully when we arrived at the doorstep to his truly fantastic house. After we dropped our bags off, he gave us a tour of his place including a sauna, salmon smoke house (more […]
Monterrey
Apologies to Mexico. Over the last few months, we have traveled from South America to Central America, and we visited many amazing places and took the time to visit both on and off the beaten track places in all countries […]
Diving in Utila
Emily will be the first to admit that she had some misgivings about going to Utila, after seeing this video. But Laurent really wanted to do some diving, convinced Emily (who has never done it before) that it might be […]
Crossing from Colombia to Panama on foot
There are many routes and travel itineraries in both South America and Central America. You can travel east, west, over mountains, stick to the beaches, or use a combination of all extremes, but there is one part of the route […]
Mico Madness
Tabatinga and Leticia are virtually the same city straddled on either side of the Brazilian and Colombian border respectively. Since we were headed to Colombia anyways, we walked over to Leticia from our dock in Tabatinga. Leticia is also cheaper, […]
Boat Journey From Manaus to Tabatinga
To complete travelling across the entirety of the Brazilian length of the Amazon by boat, we embarked on another ship for 7 more days. With our wealth of experience from the Belem journey behind us, we got to the dock […]
Amazon River Boat Cruise: From Belém to Manaus
The idea of taking a boat across the length of the Amazon River thrilled us, and we were both very giddy when we got on the boat. On the morning of our trip, Laurent negotiated our tickets for R$200 in […]