by Mark | Aug 20, 2013 | Home
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending...
by Mark | Feb 17, 2013 | Mexico
By the numbers, we were in Mexico 28 days, from January 16 – February 13. We traveled roughly 3568km (2,217miles). It looks something like this: The first week we rented a car to explore the Yucatan Peninsula. We drove from Cancun as far south as Chetumal and...
by Mark | Jan 30, 2013 | Ecuador
It was early October, another beautiful morning at our tranquil Ecuadorian beach house. But our view of the consistently blue Pacific had changed. Large barcos lined the horizon while small fishing boats dashed out, docked and then returned, overloaded with mounds...
by Mark | Jan 5, 2013 | Ecuador
#59-#17, Unforgettable numbers… On November 17, 2012, I turned 59. It was a beautiful morning during our slow travel experience in Cuenca, Ecuador, and the plan was a low-key celebration. We had a simple breakfast, then around 10 we took the 25-cent bus ride to...
by Mark | Dec 11, 2012 | Americas, Ecuador
Ours was an nontraditional Thanksgiving. After three months of slow travel in Ecuador, we prepared for a full day of travel and exploration and completed it with a remarkable dinner. We were scurrying around by 6:30 a.m. in our Cuenca, Ecuador apartment, where we had...
