February 14, 2019 This trip is the first ever where I had nothing to do with the planning or choosing of where we were going. The entire month away was plann...

Thursday May 3, 2018: Hike Day 6 - Machu Picchu (The Sacred City of The Incas) & Huayna Picchu (2430m or 7972ft) Finally the day we've been waiting for! We g...

Due to the popularity and how busy it is, we chose not to do the Inca Trail hike. Instead we wanted something a bit less crowded and with different views. So...

Thursday Apr 26th: Bus drive from Puno to Cusco For anyone wondering what the best and easiest way of getting from Puno to Cusco is & whether it is safe or ...

Monday April 23rd: Colca Canyon: 4160 meters Deep (13648ft) and 112kms long Another very early morning. We left Arequipa at 3:30 AM. Crazy drive along very ...

This trip to Peru was very much customized by us, similar to our Nicaragua trip. We wanted to see so much but since everything is spread out quite a distanc...

We were picked up by Roberto & Frank by 7:30 & headed out towards the ferry for Ometepe island. It was about an hour and a half ride to get to the town of Ri...

After leaving Montibelli Nature Reserve, the next adventure was to hike to the top of MASAYA VOLCANO, which is located only 20 kms south of Managua. As luck w...

​For our travels through Nicaragua we decided to do something a little bit differently. That was to book everything through a tour company… and the company w...

People always ask us: “So what do you do in Cuenca, Ecuador?” My simple answer: “We live. Like we do at home”. What else would we do!? We love Cuenca. After ...

After the shortest flight I have ever had (25 minutes!) from Quito to Lago Agria, we then had another hour and a half by small vehicle. ​The driver plus 4 of...

This was our first view of the Confederation bridge over to PEI. WOW. It is 12.9 kms (8 miles) long. We stopped and did a small hike along a trail below it t...

We were going to my god-daughter’s wedding in Halifax and instead of flying, we decided to drive and do some sightseeing along the way. Since John has never...

My niece Natasha was doing a semester abroad in Strasbourg France for 2 1/2 months. Since now we have all the time in the world and we are retired, we though...

11 days. 10 bed and breakfasts. 3400 kms of driving. 3000 photos. Best, cleanest drinking water on earth which you can drink out of the tap! Voted the fri...

To celebrate our 50th milestones, John and I booked a trip to Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro and go on safari. Although, this was our trip of a lifetime, we...

We checked out at 8:30 today and headed out with Freddy to Tarangire Park. It took about an hour and a half, back past Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara. We also s...

It was an interesting night sleeping with no walls and hearing the wind blow through our room. The canvas was flapping outside & there were animal noises thr...

After our amazing & successful KILIMANJARO TREKKING ADVENTURE we continued on a six day safari tour. Freddy, from HOOPOE SAFARI TOURS arrived promptly at 8AM...

Elevation: Start at 10,400 ft – end at 5,500 ft at Mweka gate, then at 3000 ft back in Moshi Eliakim said it would be real busy trying to get out of the pa...