Tiwanaku – Mystery and Destruction
Walking through the ruins of Tiwanaku brings both a sense of fascination and yearning for more. This once great capital fills you with a sense of mystery, both because of the seemingly impossible building methods used by the inhabitants over two-thousand years ago as well as the lack of knowledge that we’ll ever have because… Read more
Journey into the Jungle
We had spent the night in an eco-lodge, which in and of itself was an interesting experience. We woke up early and ate breakfast with our guide, Remy, who asked us if we’d checked under our bed before we went to sleep, to which we replied that we hadn’t. Apparently tarantula spiders are quite common in… Read more
Spread Your Wings and Fly
We aren’t adrenaline junkies, but we definitely like to push our boundaries. Every place that we visit provides an opportunity for adventure, but clearly our trip to Bolivia offered more than most of our trips. It has been an exciting year so far with a trip to Iceland as well as Bolivia, so when we… Read more
City Rooftops
For this week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Cities (Skylines to Street Photography), we picked this photo of the rooftops in Manhattan. It was actually the view from the hotel where we stayed and we found the rooftop garden and the various water towers to make for a unique scene. Read more
The Food of Cochabamba
We didn’t have any preconceptions about the food of Bolivia or, in this case, specifically of Cochabamba. We had heard about Pique Macho, but didn’t know exactly what it was. What we discovered is that meals in Cochabamba were larger than we expected. Not just the Pique Macho, which is known to be a huge… Read more
Daily Post Photo Challenge – Spare
This week’s challenge was an interesting interpretation of the word spare. The definition they used was lean or sparse. As far as sparse landscapes, Iceland was a unique blend of awesome beauty and a sea of ice and snow. This lava field with a volcano in the background was a typical scene during our… Read more