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Penguin Colony on Isla Magdalena

Punta Arenas is the airport to fly into when reaching Torres del Paine and Patagonia. Before heading straight on to Puerto Natales and the park I’d highly recommend spending a day in Punta Arenas! The town is small, but cute, and best of all there is an island not far off the coast in theContinue reading “Penguin Colony on Isla Magdalena”

Hiking Las Torres

While the entire Torres del Paine park is incredible, the most iconic section, and the part it’s named for, is the towers. Some attempt actually climbing the towers themselves, but the latest couple who tried this were killed by an avalanche just before reaching the summit. You can see the towers in the distance asContinue reading “Hiking Las Torres”

Torres del Paine National Park bus tour

Originally we planned our trip to Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia in order to complete the W trek. This 4 day hike is the most popular attraction to the park and takes you through all the main sites along the way. However, after finishing the Inca Trail I knew this is somethingContinue reading “Torres del Paine National Park bus tour”

Final Expenses- Patagonia Chile

Trip Value: $5,254.41 Actual $ Cost to us: $719.32 Miles and points we spent: 253,760 Finally a trip that we came in under budget on! I was anticipating our costs for this one being a lot higher, but because we were able to book so many things ahead of time and pay with credit cards,Continue reading “Final Expenses- Patagonia Chile”

Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island)

This by far topped our list as one of our most favorite aspects of our Peru trip! Who doesn’t want to go to an island dedicated entirely to rehabilitating monkeys and the monkeys love nothing more than climbing all over the guests? Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island) provided just that. First of I shouldContinue reading “Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island)”

Final Cancun Spending

Here it is! Our final expenses from our Cancun trip for the July 4th weekend. A few notes: 1. The swimsuit purchase added to our total when an unnamed individual forgot his for our water activity focused weekend 🙂 2. Food in Mexico is not all that much cheaper than food in the U.S. especiallyContinue reading “Final Cancun Spending”

Seattle Expenses

We loved our time away this weekend in Seattle! It was definitely a bit out of our norm as we tend to go on a really big trip each year where we’re gone for 2 weeks- and not have any really short weekend trips along the way other than camping. This was the first timeContinue reading “Seattle Expenses”

Prague and Brno, Czech Republic

Prague was extra fun because we met our good friend, Tom, there! It was good to see him again after he had moved back to Prague this past May. He was an excellent tour guide showing us all around the city and a huge help with the language difference. It was nice not to haveContinue reading “Prague and Brno, Czech Republic”