PERU PHOTO GALLERY: MACHU PICCHU A visit to Machu Picchu was the icing on our year-long travel cake. While we would have loved to trek one of the beautiful routes to the ruins, at...
BOLIVIA PHOTO GALLERY From San Pedro de Atacama in Chile we crossed into Bolivia by jeep, taking three days to explore magnificent landscapes on the way to Salar de Uyuni....
CROSSING SALAR DE UYUNI BY JEEP A 4:30 a.m. alarm after little sleep made our drive onto the Salar de Uyuni, (Uyuni Salt Flats), feel like a dream. Off to our right, color crept...
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA PHOTO GALLERY After getting cold in Patagonia, we were back in shorts and flip flops in the Atacama Desert during our stay in San Pedro de Atacama. We felt right...
VIETNAM PHOTO GALLERY: PART 1 Part of our time in Vietnam we spent road tripping from Biên Hua — near Ho Chi Minh in the south — up to Hội An with Britnee's father and...
ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT PHOTO GALLERY: PART 2 Our trek on the Annapurna Circuit continued (see Part 1 here) to the village of Manang and then up over Thurong La to Muktinath. Trekking in the...
TURKEY PHOTO GALLERY After a bumpy start to our stay in Istanbul—our hostel was shut down by police due to a burglary and rioting right outside—we settled down with...
ROME PHOTO GALLERY With a little bit of good luck we ended up spending our first day in Italy at holy mass with Pope Francis and Andrea Bocelli in St. Peter's Square!...
PARIS PHOTO GALLERY Six nights in Paris and so much to eat! We made stops at many of the stunning sights around the city including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre...
SCOTLAND PHOTO GALLERY An extended visit to Scotland, Mark's home country, where we were hosted by gracious family and friends from the northern coast to the southern...
THE LAKE DISTRICT PHOTO GALLERY A whole lot of hills! We enjoyed four days of hiking and a little relaxing while staying at the YHA Helvellyn Hostel near Glenridding in the Lake...
SOMERSET PHOTO GALLERY We visited Somerset, England, for some family history where we stopped in Sampford Brett, the home town of Mark's late grandparents, and explored the...
SAINT PETERSBURG PHOTO GALLERY During our short stay in Saint Petersburg, Russia, we visited the Hermitage, (Winter Palace), Peter and Paul Fortress, Church of Our Savior on...
