Author: morgan
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Our first 2-3 days flew by in Skopje, so I felt I better start writing! I arrived Sunday morning, not without a dehydrated, mildly hungover morning involving an 8am flight to Vienna before my flight to Skopje. A 45 minute layover was complicated by an insanely long line for passport control which ended in me…
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I survived my solo travels to Munich and Oktoberfest adventures. In classic fashion, upon arriving in Munich, I learned that it was German Unity Day — a big, bank holiday that commemorates when East and West Germany united. Due to the holiday, almost every store and restaurant was closed, so my dreams of shopping that…
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It’s been a while since I felt the same sense of adventure that I had in 2022 when I was navigating a career change and my first time traveling solo. Over the past four years, Jay and I have gotten married (yay), and I’ve somehow snowballed into a corporate woman in the medical sales field.…
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On December 2nd, we started the ever-coveted W Trek in Torres Del Paine National Park. Torres is known to some as the “most beautiful national park in the world,” and therefore, it can be quite difficult to get reservations. Fortunately, we got pretty lucky and were able to reserve a 5 day, 4 night trek…
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Waking up in O’Higgins, we decided to do a short hike close to town that came highly recommended. It was called La Bandera, and it was supposedly short but quite steep for the first mile. We ended up hiking about 1,500 ft of vertical across the first mile, up to the bandera (the flag), and…
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Since I last wrote, we have done a LOT. So much that I have gotten very behind on this blog … so I am going to go back to what we did after San Pedro de Atacama – flew to Puerto Montt and began driving the Carretera Austral, AKA the Southern Highway. We spent two…
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We just spent 5 days in the desert! We need water and lotion 😂 The Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world, receiving only 5 millimeters of rainfall annually on average. There are some parts of the desert that have never gotten ANY rain. I didn’t even know this was possible, and people…
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One of the highlights of the trip so far was most definitely hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. We spent 4 days and 3 nights with a tour group, via Alpaca Expeditions, with the last day ending in a visit to Machu Picchu. Alpaca Expeditions is a locally and indigenously-owned tour group, so our…
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The sun has set on our time in Cusco. Hard to believe the first segment of our trip is over … I feel reminded to cherish every moment because this trip will be over before we know it! Since I last wrote, Jay has gotten to enjoy some Cusco culture, including salsa lessons, eating dinner…
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Wow – how has it already been about 2 1/2 weeks since I arrived in Peru? I can’t believe how fast everything is flying by. I am trying to soak up every moment. I will try to share some highlights since the last time I wrote! Haley and I got 4 new roommates in the…
