"You look like you like Rock n Roll" We arrived in Miami at 8pm after an easy travel day and flight. We're staying at The Beacon Hotel in the Art Deco district and right across from the ocean. We spent a little extra to have that view! Settle in, unpack and straight out to walk around and explore. There is a massive thunderstorm hanging over the ocean, insanely large clouds with constant flashing lightning. Absolutely stunning! We wandered up and down Ocean Boulevard looking at the architecture and feeling slightly overwhelmed, there's a huge party/club scene here and as you know, that's not really our thing. Marleah came here about 8 or 9 years ago and it wasn't quite like this. When we told people we were coming here they were surprised and that must be ... read more

To the South and it's Pouring! Today's adventure started at 9am, sightseeing and touring around the south shore of Iceland. An hour and a half from Reykjavík, our first stop was the Skógafoss waterfall. Huge and stunning with a massive spray, neither of us have ever seen a waterfall so big. It is 82 feet wide and has a 200 foot drop. The skies are grey, lots of rain and wind, low clouds with seabirds flying high and roosting in the cliffs. A great first stop! We realized after our first stop that we were going to be totally wet all day. Torrential arctic sheets of freezing rain that soaks you to the bone in 30 seconds mixed with 30 mph winds made for a complicated sightseeing tour. Our next stop was a black sand beach ... read more

Rain! Relaxing 5pm flight and the first time either of us has had a direct international flight. Our seats were in separate rows but thankfully we were able to trade with someone and sit together. To John's right was a weird hippy that kept putting her blanket over her head and dropping her water bottles on him. Pretty typical flight for us. We landed in rainy Iceland at 6am and took a Flybus to our hotel which is right in the city center and close to everything. It's too early to check in and we need to find something to do for 4-5 hours. That's really hard when you're incredibly jet lagged and tired of being around people. A couple doors down is the Laundromat Cafe where we ate a very traditional breakfast of pancakes, eggs, ... read more

Inca Trail ending at Machu Picchu, 4 miles - Day 4 - Up at 3 am to get in line with every other person in every other group to hike to the Sun Gate. Like waiting in line for a concert. Everyone is getting a little testy, the hike has been much more demanding than most people realized. Even the Canadians seem ragged. The last two days were mostly downhill and rainy, causing everyone to rest at every chance. Because of this, we actually passed some of the LA contingent for long stretches and they were FURIOUS to the point of fighting with each other. We couldn't stop laughing about it, how ridiculous and unaware they were. The Brazilians were fighting with each other too. Anyone who's ever heard Brazilian Portuguese being screamed would agree that ... read more

Cusco - Day 1 - $50 cab ride from the airport to our hotel. - John lost his ATM/Credit Card. This occurred during a cab ride which we were basically coerced into by what turned out to be a really pushy event booking agent. We needed to stop and get cash, so of course the agent picked this weird, shady kiosk ATM and wouldn't stop talking during the entire transaction. John, not being a fan of incessant chatter or kiosks atypically left his card in the machine. - Checked into our hotel and it's really nice, comfy and quiet. - Ate lunch at a place called Jack's which is run by an Australian woman, we had salad. - Walked around the streets for awhile. Very hilly, cool looking city. - Ate dinner at a nice Italian ... read more