ARGENTINA | Saturday, 31 Mar 2018 | Views [421]
Now I know that all readers are on the edge of their seats after the cliffhanger ending to my last post, but the story goes chronologically so hold tight. The four of us arrived in El Calafate late morning ready to rent a car and drive the hour to see ... Read more >
Tags: boating, concerts, hiking
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 31 Mar 2018 | Views [393]
So it has been an embarrassingly, ridiculously, unacceptably long time since I’ve written, which is definitely a detriment to me more than anyone else. Hopefully I can recall the amazing details of tiny El Chalten and relate them to you! The most ... Read more >
Tags: craft beer, hiking
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 7 Mar 2018 | Views [396]
Ah crap, I'm beginning to get pretty bad with writing timely updates. That's a good sign, yes? Anyways...
Lush green forests, deep blue lakes, unreal vistas, good beer and an overpriced Main Street designed specifically for tourists. Five days ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 19 Feb 2018 | Views [388]
Being the second largest city in the country, I wanted to at least pop in for a couple days in Cordoba to break up the onward journey to Mendoza. Cordoba is known for having a fun, young atmosphere since there are five or six universities throughout ... Read more >
Tags: fernet con cola, late nights, vino
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 13 Feb 2018 | Views [418]
Time to drink some vino! I arrived into Cafayate the following afternoon ready to soak up the valley sun and pull the cork on some good vintages; however, I had to wait a couple days to visit some wineries as I wanted to do some activity and sight seeing ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 8 Feb 2018 | Views [446]
Humidity and water of Iguazu Falls be damned! Time to visit northwest Argentina, a land of dry climate, mountains, indigenous culture and the wine region of Cafayate. The jumping off point for all of this is Salta, in its own right a nice little city.... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 26 Jan 2018 | Views [413]
Post the hustle and bustle of BA, I took my sweet time getting to Igauzu Falls, one of most impressive in the world. Suck it Niagra! No chance I was taking a 20 plus hour bus ride to get there. I’m on vacation damnit!. The falls are 82 meters ... Read more >
Tags: waterfalls
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 18 Jan 2018 | Views [453] | Comments [1]
Lovely flight on Aerolineas Argentinas completed, it’s time to enjoy all the things that I like in a big city: architecture, parks, restaurants and bars. BA has all of these things aplenty and is specifically known for great steaks, good wine ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Monday, 8 Jan 2018 | Views [486]
Whew! 14-hour bus ride complete; it was now time to explore Colombia’s adventure capital of San Gil. For such a small town of only about 50,000 people, there are numerous things to do: paragliding, rafting, mountain biking, bungee jumping and little ... Read more >
Tags: new years, paragliding, rafting
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 31 Dec 2017 | Views [480]
After finishing the Ciudad Perdida trek, taking down eight beers on Christmas Eve with my new-found Aussie pals and resting for a couple of days, it was time to move on Parque Nacional Tayrona on the northern Caribbean coast. I had bookmarked this place ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, draannks, hiking
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 28 Dec 2017 | Views [454]
It took a total of four days to cover about 44 kilometers (28 miles) of up and down hiking in the summer heat and humidity to complete the round trip to the archaeological site Ciudad Perdida in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern Colombia, but it ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 19 Dec 2017 | Views [443] | Comments [1]
Diclaimer: I've realized that the website I'm using for this blog stinks when it comes to uploading pics so I'm going to likely use Insta (srkoehler13) and Snapchat (skoehler1316) solely. Now, without further ado...
Within the first few hours of ... Read more >
Tags: colonial splendor and turquoise beaches
USA | Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017 | Views [409] | Comments [1]
It's T minus two days until I take the plunge and over the course of the last week,the anticipation within me has been building to something akin to a fever pitch. As I'm writing this, I've got that nervous, exciting butterfly feeling in my stomach and ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017 | Photo Gallery
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