The streets of La Paz are eerie at four o’clock in the morning, and I hurriedly lead the kids through them, past sleeping bodies sprawled...

Burns Lake to Barkerville (410 kilometres) Civilization has begun to creep back in as we drive from Burns Lake. Yes, there are still...

From Watson Lake in the Yukon, we take the Alaska Highway across the winding Liard River to Junction 37 where we turn south on to the...

(Excerpt from my book-in-progress - Mama's Goin' Backpacking) As I push myself up from the steps and look at the young men waiting for me...

Is this not the most beautiful place you've ever seen? Well, that's my little hut on the right hand side, a place I stayed for three of...

ARE WE ARE EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AGAIN? I’ve sure been thinking about this. And I’m sure many of you have been as well. I’ve...

Atlin, Aaron tells me later, is a little town just off the Yukon border and down a dead-end road. “It’s gorgeous,” he says. “And there’s...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 2020 will be good to see the back of. Yes? For those who’ve lost loved ones, it was the worst year ever. If you...

So... 2020 was meant to be a full year of travel. I’d taken a leave from my job and was super excited about our plans. We’d leave in...

It’s the last Thursday before Easter and my couchsurfing family, a wonderful woman and her two relatively grown up kids who have welcomed...

We turn down a gravel road at the sign for Pozo Santiago. Ten minutes down the dusty road, we spot the tiny pueblo. A dark spot on the...

(Excerpt from my novel in progress). The bus has no toilet and five hours into our trip my back teeth are floating and I’m tense from...

I hit the wall the other day. Although we are having an amazing trip, and 99% of our days have been wonderful and gone smoothly, the 1%...

We have just left the Lakes District, north of Patagonia, or perhaps it’s ‘northern Patagonia’ - I can’t figure that out. The Lakes...

Patagonia – a region that spans both southern Chile and southern Argentina. All of it, other than the bald-assed prairie parts,...

Southern Chile has hosted Aaron and I for the last three weeks and we've enjoyed her immensely. Before I post my thoughts about this...

We’re at the 42nd parallel in the southern hemisphere and moving south. If we were in the northern hemisphere, we’d be just below Oregon...

So, trying to finish this Mexican blog so I can start telling you about South America. I could just end the ‘holiday blog’ but the last...

Our time in Holbox is almost over and a decision is needed. Where shall we go next? Our initial choices: Isla Mujeres or Playa del...

Cancun. Tip #1. You don’t need to take a $35 taxi from the airport (unless it’s dark when you arrive). A “Donde esta el ‘ah-day-oh?’ or,...