These sandals are the best footwear known to man. Seriously. We wear them daily whether on the trail, in the city, or swimming through a rapid. The vibram sole always has superb traction and our feet never feel tired or sore…regardless of how much mileage we do. Added bonus…the tan lines one grows while wearing Chaco’s are a mark of honor.
Chaco’s come in many colors and designs, Danny wears Z2 (no toe strap) with the new lightweight sole, while Jillian is in the ZX2. Made of 25% recycled rubber, you can send your Chaco’s back to the company to have them resoled or even replace the straps, reducing waste in your local …

We chose to do our Chilean whitewater kayaking with Kayak Pucon for a few reasons, but mostly because it was owned and operated by locals. We actually didn’t know it existed originally and walked into another whitewater shop in Pucon only to be turned off by the rather cold, business-like attitude of the proprietor. Had we not literally stumbled onto Kayak Pucon, we would have skipped kayaking in Pucon all together.
For starters their gear was some of the best we’ve rented in our travels, complete with everything we could want for cold water paddling with the exception of gloves…but we didn’t want those anyhow. We had our choice of boats and aside from our guide we were …

There is no doubt in my mind that this device has already paid for itself simply because we don´t have to constantly buy bottled water when the tap water isn´t clean enough to drink. The fact that it may one day save our lives is an even bigger benefit. There are other, fancier Steri-pen models on the market but we chose this one because it uses AA batteries, which we can recharge easily on the road. The safety features included in this device can make it difficult to use at times, but they’re safety features, so can we really complain?
When the SteriPEN doesn’t adequately clean the water it tells you this with a series of …

Sitting in Moshi and staring at prices for multi-day Safari tours, our heads began to spin. We’d researched several options on line and walking around town most of what we found seemed much too high in price for our tastes. Sitting with one safari guide, watching as his “arithmetic” defied the laws of probability, continuing to raise the price higher and higher, I politely excused myself and walked across the street to buy a soda. A man there, named Peter, asked me if I would come into his office when I was done where I was. As my body and mind were still quite weak, having only returned from our Mt. Kilimanjaro hike the day prior, I reluctantly agreed. I …