The drive from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas was quick – in fact much quicker than we were anticipating after all of our previous unexpectedly long driving journeys. We crossed back over the Baja peninsula to the Western edge and drove through Todos Santos. The traveling set and those looking for the anti-Cabo experience [...]

After spending the morning in Loreto, we hit the road for La Paz. In keeping with the theme of our road trip, Google maps estimated that the drive from Loreto to La Paz was 2.5 hours, but it ended up taking about 4.5 hours. We’re unsure why Google maps was such a fail for drive [...]

Venturing to Loreto proved to be incredibly exhausting. In case you’re wondering, Google drive time estimates for ALL routes in Baja, Mexico, are completely inaccurate. We left San Quintin early Saturday morning and did what smart people who travel Mexico do and stopped roadside at a Burrito stand for breakfast. Google indicated that our drive [...]

After getting dropped off at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry by a trusty friend, we walked across the border, rolly bags in tow. We made a quick stop at the Mexican immigration office to pick up a “tourist card”. Apparently if you’re in Mexico for longer than 72 hours and fail to obtain this [...]

One of the ridiculous items on my 30 Before 30 List (yes I created a to-do-list for ending my second decade of life) is to take an international road trip. I’ve rented cars and driven around other countries before, but not in true road trip fashion. A few weeks ago myslef and one of my [...]

We had such a great time in Bogota the first time around, we were excited to get back to the city and out of the humidity. We celebrated our return to the 8,000 ft elevation by ascending a bit higher to 10,341 ft elevation while visiting Monserrate where “El Señor Caído” (Fallen Lord) church sits [...]

We approached our adventure in Tayrona National Park with little preparation. Tayrona Park is located about 25 miles outside of Santa Marta and was created as a protective sanctuary in 1964 to preserve archaeological remains and the natural wonders of the area (mangrove swamps, corals, algae prairies, scrubland, and cloud forests). Visitors to the park [...]

Traveling to Santa Marta proved to be quite the challenge. We had originally planned to drive, but after several people had told us it wasn’t safe for two blondes to make the journey alone in a rental, we delayed booking a car. The night before, after being told by others that we would be fine [...]

We spent our last day in Cartagena adventuring to Playa Blanca located on Isla Barú off the coast of the city. We paid approximately $20 per person for the 45-minute boat ride which included an amazing grilled fish lunch. We arrived and immediately paid $5 for a cabana made out of a tarp and branches. [...]

We arrived in Cartagena to a wall of humidity and a chaotic airport with loved ones shouting for family members, porters haggling to carry our bags, and drivers demanding we take their taxis. Before leaving Bogota, we coordinated with a driver to pick us up who was a friend of a friend, but he didn’t show [...]