Now that I'm at home and have time to reflect on the 11 month journey I just had I wanted to remember the highs and lows of the trip and include some details in general. Continents Visited: Asia, Oceania, South America Countries Visited: Japan, China, Tibet (I consider it it's own country and it should be), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia and Peru Favorite Country: Tibet followed very very closely by Cambodia Best Restaurant: Spicy Noodle and Dumpling House (Chengdu, China) Best City For Food: Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Favorite Major City: A toss up between Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Sydney Friendliest People: Tibetans, Cambodians and Japanese Best Multi-Day Trip: Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) Best Single Day: Mount Everest Base Camp (Tibet) Bes... read more

So after spending a few fun days in Arequipa it was time to descend on Cusco where we would be for 5 nights before heading off on our Inca Trail. The bus ride was overnight and relatively painless. I didn´t sleep all that well but I never really expect to. The Irish guys were on the bus as well but they had better seats than us so they slept a little better. We arrived in Cusco at 7 am and caught a cab to our hostel. We had to wait a while before check in so we grabbed some breakfast and relaxed. Chris was already there so once he woke up we headed out to see the town. The town is pretty amazing. Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire (1200s-1532). Many believe that the ... read more

So I´m usually use to long bus rides by now but the 6 hour ride from Puno to Arequipa felt like a day and a half. The air wasn´t turned on so it got real stuffy real quick and there was a lady in front of me that literally was about to die. No joke, I truly believed that this woman could die at any minute she looked that sick. Upon arrival we made our way to our hostel then headed out to get some food. We stopped by this place called Tacos & Tequila which actually had pretty good Mexican food and had some legit Tapitio style hot sauce. It was delicious. Arequipa was a really cool city all in all. It´s the second largest city and has an amazing backdrop of two massive snow ... read more

So our first overnight bus in Bolivia was a 12 hour journey from Sucre to La Paz, the capital city. It really wasn´t that bad except for the fact that it was absolutely freezing and I didn´t dress appropriately....my mistake. We arrived in La Paz bright and early and made our way to our hostel. La Paz is the Capital of Bolivia and is also the highest capital in the world at 12,008 feet. Upon arrival at our hostel we had to wait 5 hours before we could get our room and since we were all pretty tired we headed up to the movie room and spent the next few hours watching Family Guy episodes and sleeping. After finally getting our room we headed down to the US Embassy because Chris and I needed to add ... read more

So after a very entertaining few days in San Pedro we left Chile and headed off on a three day 4x4 trip into Bolivia. We were recommended a few different companies but in the end we went with Estrella de Sur who´s impeccable reputation more or less sealed the deal. We boarded a bus in the morning and headed off to the border where we would meet our driver, get stamped into the country, and head out across the desert. Upon reaching the border Krista, Chris and I were told to go first into immigration due to the fact that we were from the USA. Unfortunately, we are the only country in our group that had to pay for a visa......135$. It sucks but it´s basically because we charge Bolivian citizens that amount to come into ... read more