How to Visit Semuc Champey & the Surrounding Caves

We stayed in Lanquin, and took colectivos to Semuc Champey and K’anba cave. The road is rough and with inexpensive transportation available we felt taking the van wasn’t necessary. Unfortunately pets are not allowed to Semuc Champey or the surrounding caves so we set Sombrita and Graham up with extra toys and treats for a…

Our Poor Dog Was Bit by a Rattlesnake!

In search for a secluded, scenic campsite in Mexico we drive up a cobblestone mountain road. Hours away from the closest tienda we found a spot for camping, hiking and hanging out together. The road was a little rough and scared our van friends so we went alone. After 13,000ft the road was impassable but…

The Best Hike in Guatemala Without a Guide: Volcan Acatenago

We summited Volcan Acatenango! The views of Volcan Fuego erupting are such an amazing reward after this strenuous hike. We decided to fill up our backpacks and sleep above the clouds without a guide It’s common to take a guide to trek Volcan Acatenango but if you have the gear and the strength you can…

The End of the Earth

The Dalton Highway is the only road in the USA to reach the Arctic Ocean. If you go during summer, the sun may never set the entire time! The Dalton Highway is the only road for miles and miles, and my favorite roadtrip ever. The Dalton Highway was created in 1974 in order to construct…

A Perfectly Lazy Zero Day

We have been going without much of a break for months. We have relaxing time before bed when we usually read, watch a Star Trek rerun, or if we wifi some well deserved Netflix. But we haven’t spent a day somewhere all alone in the forest for a long time. We always try to make…

The Biggest Cave in the World

As a pre-vanlife honeymoon, we were planning to go to Vietnam. Then we got into caving. Looking up caves, it turned out the biggest cave in the world was where we already had plane tickets to: Vietnam! We jumped on it, and had an epic 4 days, 3 nights on a 20 km hike through…