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It was the best of times…it was the worst of times.

November 29, 2009 By 2 Comments

We’ve survived our first week of “intermission”. In between forkfuls of turkey we’ve been answering questions about the trip. Lots and lots of questions. What was your favorite (fill in the blank here)? What was the worst…? well you get the picture. So here it is folks, our best and our worst of the last 8 months.

  • Best Way to Start a 2 Year Trip – Baja, Mexico.  Grinning ear to ear as those grey whales just swam right on up to let you pet them…then jumping into the water to swim with some sea lions.
  • Worst Night On a Bus – Bolivia…going from La Paz down the death road to the Amazon where we weren’t sure if we’d wake up alive.
  • Stupidest Decision – Amazon, Bolivia.  Swimming in that river with caymen…
  • Best Hot Spring – Fuentes Georginas outside of Xela, Guatemala.  These were built into the side of the mountain with beautiful views and clouds that just rolled in and out and there was a water temperature to please literally everyone.
  • Place we wish we’d stayed longer – Ometepe, Nicaragua.  This beautiful island was covered in monkey filled rainforest where the food was good and the beaches were perfectly peaceful.
  • Strangest “Dish” – Grasshoppers.  Oaxaca, Mexico.  Does this really need explanation?
  • Most Fun in One Day – Death Road, Bolivia.  It’s called the Death Road…what else is there to say?!.
  • Craziest Monument – The Ecuator, Ecuador.  This place was just rediculous..
  • Most Overrated – Valle de la Luna, Argentina.  Nothing but a bunch of rocks.
  • Most Underrated – Copan, Honduras.  Best ruins we’ve seen, easy to access as well.
  • Best Food – Mexico.  No, not tex-mex…I mean real Mexican.  Cheap and always enough spice to make you cry.
  • Most Extreme Sport – Volcano Boarding, Nicaragua.  Snow is soft, lava rock isn’t.
  • Most Diverse – Brazil.  People from every corner of the globe…they even have Sushi.
  • Best Bed – Buenos Aires, Argentina.  That’s what happens when your parents come to take care of you for a week.
  • Best Volcano – Volcan Pacaya.  Antigua, Guatemala.  Easily accessible and cheap to climb, don’t forget to bring along some marshmellows to roast in the lava!.
  • Best Foreign Movie - Romeo and Juliet…the Brazillian version.  Two opposing futbol (soccer) teams makes for one great comedy…plus no one dies.
  • Best Festival – Okotberfest, Brazil.  The largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany.
  • Best Stars – We had a new moon when we were in the Amazon…it was brilliant.
  • Most Fun with a Camera – Salt Flats, Bolivia.  Rumor has it that we even messed up some NASA satellites that day!.
  • Best Sporting Event – Futbol.  Xela vs Guatemala.  Nothing better than flying, flaming toilet paper…in a country that never seems to have enough toilet paper!
  • Most Awesome Force of Nature – Iguazu, Argentina/Brazil.  The waterfall that puts all others to shame.
  • Best Luck – La Moskitia, Honduras.  We stumbled upon a mother turtle laying 99 eggs.  We were lucky to see it but the baby turtles were luckier b/c it meant being cared for in a lab rather than being eaten by the locals.
  • Best Trek – Huaraz, Peru. Despite suffering from diarrea at 4700m in elevation and being thrown from a horse…well maybe that’s what made it so wonderful icon wink It was the best of times...it was the worst of times.   We blame this illness on having previously eaten a complete 3 course meal that cost less than $1.
  • Scariest Moment – Belize.  7.1 Earthquake.  Very scary and so we made a video to make ourselves feel better.
  • Most Gringos per Capita – Cuzco, Peru.  If Disney ever created an “Inca” land…this would be it.
  • Most Invasive Customs Check – Panama.  They even searched us leaving the country.
  • Most Exciting Thing Coming Up – Africa.  All of it!
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    Comments

    1. Ian says:
      December 1, 2009 at 2:28 pm

      I’d love to see Google Map of your route as you go. Sounds like you are having an amazing time, and I’m very jealous.

      Reply
    2. Jillian says:
      December 13, 2009 at 5:11 pm

      I think we’d like to see the map as well. We had one but it died…maybe we’ll try to recreate it one of these days….

      Reply

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