Tess - Tess Additon

Buenos dias a todos! My name is Tess and I'm 23 and I'm about to embark on the adventure of my lifetime. My boyfriend Colin and I are traveling through Mexico, central, and south america for who knows how long. I'm from Boulder, Colorado, but I have been lucky enough to have already traveled through Europe, Zanzibar and Tanzania, Paraguay, and the Virgin Islands. Traveling is my passion and my life so far has been preparing me for this next trip-- where I will further open my eyes and my mind and truley experience this beautiful world. I have no expectations... so we'll see what happens!

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Joined on: September 3rd 2006
Last Login: October 4th 2008

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By Tess
April 10th 2007

A streak of bad luck South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

On my last day in Chile, in the city of Puerto Montt, I had a very unfortunate turn of events, which gets to why I now no longer haves pictures on my blog. Yes I got robbed for the first time in the 6 months I have been traveling. I think itÂ´s actually a pretty funny story so I thought I would share it with you all on my blog... Talia and I went to Puerto Montt to look into catching a ferry boat through Patagonia down to the glaciers in the far south. After some searching around and mixed reviews [View Full Entry]

By Tess
April 10th 2007

Down in Patagonia and already through Chile South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

It has been a long time since I last wrote a blog, and a lot has happened in that time, so I donÂ´t even know where to begin right now or what to write about. Right now it is cold outside though so I have some time to pass in the warm internet cafe. Lets see... Well I am in Argentina right now, but after Bolivia I passed through Chile. When Talia was living in New Orleans she met 2 guys there, Cristian and Javier, visiting from Santiago, Chile. They are now back in Santiago and we got in touch with [View Full Entry]

By Tess
March 30th 2007

LOST BLOG ENTRY South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

On the edge of the cliff

Apologies - currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and save/publish. There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored - only small. [View Full Entry]

By Tess
March 23rd 2007

Titi is for Peru, Caca is for Bolivia South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

Lake Titicaca

Haha, I had to write that as the title because when we told Tia Julia we were going to Lake Titicaca that is what she told us in response and I thought it was great. Ever since I learned about Lake Titicaca in spanish class in 7th grade I was very intrigued by it (I donÂ´t know if my level of maturity has changed that much because I still love the name). I actually learned where the name came from while visiting the Isla del Sol (an island in the lake). Anyway Titicaca is the Aymara word for rock with [View Full Entry]

By Tess
March 19th 2007

Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

I made it!

Talia and I just got back from Machu Picchu and we had the most amazing time! The expedition was definitely one of the best experiences of my life. Right now the computer I am using is horrible and I am having a lot of trouble typing so I will try and write later, but for now at least I have pictures up. [View Full Entry]

By Tess
March 14th 2007

Around Cusco South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco

Woman of the Andes

Here are some recent photos from our adventures in and around Cusco. Oh yeah, Talia is also keeping a blog so you can check that out if you want, it´s at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/talia a (that´s talia space a). Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

nicest possible 16 hour bus ride from Nazca to Cusco

By Tess
March 11th 2007

Tia Julia South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca

Lima´s coast

Hola! So far everything is going great in Peru. I am surprised at how easy and comfortable it is to travel here compared with a lot of places I went in Central America, so that is making my tansition back into travel mode a smooth one. Now I have to get back into the flow of writing blogs again, which is a lot more challenging sometimes than you would expect. As I am sure I said many times before, there is no way I can write everything we are doing and I think that would probably get boring anyways, so I [View Full Entry]

By Tess
March 1st 2007

Pura Vida Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica

Moondoggy and his bitches
My mom's name for us

Here are some long awaited pictures from when I met up with my family in Costa Rica. We had a great time livin the pura vida!!! [View Full Entry]

By Tess
January 3rd 2007

The end of a great year Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » San José

A magical volcano
I love how the clouds form around the top

Hola a todos! I hope everyone had a great new year. I had a wonderful time in Nicaragua over the holidays-- I met two sisters, Kathryn and Monica, who are around my age and from Canada, and we pretty much traveled together from Christmas to New Years. It made my holidays so much better to be in their great company! (oh and Kathryn and Monica if you read this you should send me your email again because I lost it already) The super tranquilo vibe at the Laguna de Apoyo (where we were for Christmas) set the pace for the rest [View Full Entry]

By Tess
December 23rd 2006

Feliz Navidad Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Granada

A tropical christmas

Greetings and love to all! I realized that I was wearing myself down a bit from moving around so much so I decided to take it easy in Granada and it has done me right. I have gotten some good rest and relaxation and now I feel more myself again and I am ready to keep going. I spent my days here strolling around town and stopping to have talks with some locals along the way. I stroll and chat and stroll and chat... it's really quite nice. I have met some great people here who have shared a lot with [View Full Entry]

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