Jay And Crystal

Hi everyone, Days, weeks, months have passed and I cannot remember where we left off last. This continent becomes more and more intriguing everyday, the people, the culture, the landscape............I dont know how Ill ever leave. Leaving Argentina was bitter sweet!! Excited to make our way into Bolivia but, sad to leave some amazing friends we met along the way in the North of Argentina. The Quebrada Humahuaca, in Northern Argentina is a painters pallete of color on Barren Hillsides. Where we met a argentinan couple our age travelling and camping like us: We spent a week together camping, cooking dinner, exploring the area, and exchanging information about our cultures and lifestyles. (we learnt to make some tasty traditional meals) including membrillo pastellitos, a delicously filled pastry. yummy. Again heading North into an enormous Valley ... read more

To Tierra del Fuego, the ´land of fire´ Disclaimer: It has been two months since we updated this blog...if anyone has tried to check it since then...sorry to dissappoint. But here comes the long anticipated two months in brief (hopefully brief..) summary. We´ve basically been doing a two month national parks tour, hiking a lot and sleeping in our tent about 40 of the past 60 nights. From a small town in argentina called Junin de los andes we made our way out to Parque nacional Lanin, a beautiful series of lakes that lie beneath the impressive shadow of Volcano Lanin. We found a spot to camp with a series of mini cliffs to jump off into the clear, crisp water below. We cruised rapidly through a touristy town called bariloche, complete with a giant ... read more

Hi guys, just thought I´d send a little note to all of you. so, where to begin.........we spent Christmas and New Years on a farm in Ecuador which was amazing. The farm was deep in the * Valley of Longevity* near Vilcabamba, Ecuador, about a 1 and a half hour hike up into the mountains. The views from the farm were breathtaking and the mix of people we met will be forever memorable. Jay and I learned to build walls and shelves from Cob, *clay and water mixed with straw, sugar cane.....and in this case also, plactic garbage that needed to be recylced* and jumped feet first into a project....literallly we mixed the mud with our bare feet. We also, learned alot about organic farming, which intrigued us and found us both working up a sweat ... read more

Well we are leaving in less than 12 hours and can't wait. Trying to pack all that we will need for the next 10 months has been an interesting challenge of packing and repacking and then...packing again. Soon we will be leaving our dearest of friends and family to embark on this adventure. We're leaving our home in the coast mountains to explore a new range in the andes of south america. So we won't see you for most of the year, enjoy it... ... read more