Sleep-away summer camp is a rite of passage for many kids. I have fond memories of the friends I made, swimming in lakes, sing-alongs, and more when I attended summer camp in my youth. Lucas and Henry had the opportunity to experience those things at sleep-away camp this summer. Lucas attended the Mountain camp in Highlands North Carolina with two…
Happy anniversary to us! After 15 years of marriage and 19 years of knowing each other, Michael and I know our strengths and weaknesses. I know Michael will throw up if he sees vomit, so I clean up the vomit. Michael knows I get stressed out on big travel days (like crossing borders), so he takes the lead in those…
The six months we spent in South America were exciting and interesting. It was not long enough because we have so much left to see when we return someday. We flew from Buenos Aires to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. My dad and Kay picked us up from the airport and drove us to my hometown of Winston-Salem. Per Lucas and Henry’s…
Uruguay was not on our list of countries to visit, but when we arrived in Buenos Aires, we decided to take a trip across the water to Colonia. Colonia is a small, charming town established in 1680 by the Portuguese. In 1995, the town was made an official UNESCO Heritage site. We bought a one-way ticket on Colonia Express. We…
By Lucas and Henry While we were in Buenos Aires, we took tango lessons. Tango is a dance you do with a partner, and you mainly use your feet. You can go fast and slow. It started in 1880 in the ports of Argentina and Uruguay. Tango was practiced by immigrants. It was a way for them to communicate with…
Our final stop on our six-month South America tour was Buenos Aires. We spent one month in a condo in the Colegiales neighborhood. It is a residential neighborhood between the Belgrano and Palermo neighborhoods. Buenos Aires is home to almost 13 million people. It feels like New York City, but the buildings are not as tall. The condo we stayed…
We said Adios to Bolivia. We took a one-hour and twenty-minute shuttle from Tupiza to the border at Villazon. It is easy to find a shuttle going in that direction at the bust station. Before crossing the border, we exchanged U.S. dollars for Argentina pesos at the blue rate. It is better to do that on the Bolivian side of…
The Uyuni Salt Flats are the main reason we chose to visit Bolivia. Known as Salar de Uyuni in Spanish, it is the world’s largest salt flat. It is located in southwest Bolivia and is almost 4,000 square miles in area. The salt flat formed from several lakes existing around forty thousand years ago but have since evaporated. Parts of…
We took our first overnight bus from La Paz to Sucre. It was a 12-hour trip. We arrived at the bus station in La Paz an hour and a half before our bus. We learned that we could have shown up and booked the bus tickets at a cheaper price than we paid online at www.ticketsbolivia.com. When we arrived, several…
La Paz is the highest administrative capital city in the world at an elevation of almost 12,000 feet. Originally, we plannted to spend two nights in La Paz, but we were so tired that we decided to stay for nine nights. We had to move Airbnbs during the say, but we stayed in the same area in the south of…