Guatemala: Being vegan
We spent over 3 weeks in Guatemala and during this time, had the opportunity to try a wide variety of foods and restaurants that satisfied our vegan requirements. The…
Buying a backpack takes a serious amount of research! Our bags are one of the most critical pieces of gear for our adventure. After all, we have to live…
Panama to Colombia: Adventure on the Caribbean
“Adventure”. The word was easily bandied about by friends and family commenting on our plans before our departure. I think people generally have a loose understanding of the word,…
Guatemala: Spanish school and a wonderful 2+ weeks in Panajachel / Lake Atitlan
We were thinking about how to summarize the 16 days in Panajachel in a way that would be interesting and short enough so as not to discourage readers from…
Guatemala: Antigua
After a harrowing overnight bus ride from Flores to Guatemala City (“Guate”), we connected with our “collectivo” or shuttle bus and completed our journey to Antigua. The trip through…
Belize: Being vegan
We picked Belize as the starting point for our adventure partly because we thought it would help us ease into the change in foods available to us to continue…
Trial run: backpacking and couch surfing!
This past weekend we decided to take advantage of our weekend trip to Vancouver Island for the Victoria Marathon (#VictoriaMarathn) to try a few new things. First, we wanted…
Belize: Caye Caulker
After 3 nights on Ambergris Caye we boarded the Belize Express water taxi bound for Caye Caulker. A very efficient 30 minute boat ride delivered us safely onto the…
Canada: Squamish50 (miles): a race report
Squamish50 Race Report (and a little more) August 10th – the day of our first 50 miler arrives, can’t quite say “dawns”, since the alarm goes off at 3:35AM, and…
Comrades (ultra) Marathon 2014
“The Comrades Marathon is the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon run over a distance of approximately 90 km | 56.1 miles between the capital of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of…