Taking Random Photos

On January 9, 2018 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge, South America11 Comments

Just like everyone else, when we travel we take photos of all of the major sites to see as well as a selfie here and there. We love taking photos of the various architecture, cityscapes, landscapes, and major landmarks. With that said, we often take random photos that don’t necessarily represent the place that we are visiting. If we happen upon some beautiful flowers, perhaps a courtyard with a fountain, or perhaps just an interesting scene or group of people. Although the photos don’t necessarily represent the place that we are visiting, we find the pictures interesting never the less. This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge are photos that contain the words that contain a U and an O, so we have decided to share some random photos that we took while we were in Quito. Do you ever take photos of random things while you are traveling?

Shoeshine Boys Relaxing in the Town Square

Lake Titicaca

On January 2, 2018 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge, South America6 Comments

Whether visiting Peru or Bolivia, it is definitely worth taking the time to visit Lake Titicaca. The lake extends into both countries and has several islands with Incan ruins that are thousands of years old. Obviously, we visited from the Bolivian side of the lake and we visited both Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) as well as Isla de la Luna (Island of the Moon), which were fascinating. There are several tour companies that will take you out to the islands via boat or hydrofoil and it is even possible to spend the night on Sun Island. Our trip out onto the lake started out a little choppy as a single rain cloud seemed to follow us out to the island. We even saw a waterspout at one point and had to take cover inside of the cabin of the boat. This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, words that have two T’s, we decided to look back on our time on Lake Titicaca. We saw many interesting things during our time in Bolivia, but visiting the ruins on the lake was certainly one of the highlights of our time there.

Temple on Sun Island with Moon Island in the Distance on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Looking Back at 2017

On December 21, 2017 By Isobar ExpeditionsIn Photo Challenge12 Comments

This has been an interesting year with a lot of changes including moving back to the United States and changing jobs. We visited seven different countries including the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, France, Romania, Ireland, and Ecuador. We enjoyed each of those countries for various reasons. Obviously, having moved back to the US, our opportunity to visit different countries in 2018 has been reduced, but we hope to make a couple of trips to places that we haven’t visited before. This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is 2017 Favorites, so we have tried to pick our favorite photo from each of those places. As we fly to Chicago tomorrow, we will likely be quieter than normal. We wish everyone Happy Holidays and Best Wishes in the New Year!