"Torres del Paine Farewell" The fall colors in April make the Patagonian landscape even more impressive and add to the remote feeling one gets in a place like that. The tall, dried grass along the shore of Lake Pehoe invited me to sit and enjoy the clear view of the mountains from a different perspective. [...]
Tag: lone traveler
[4] Image of the Week
"La Turista" I have yet to unveil most of my images from my trip to South America this past April, but I couldn't help but post this one of my friend, Dana. This image resonates with me because it's a different sort of travel photography. Rather than telling the story of the local people or [...]
[2] Image of the Week
"Visiting Sabino" Elistan doesn't lead groups on the Lares Trek very often but when he does he likes to stop and introduce his visitors to Sabino and Katerina. Thin Incan couple are happy in their small home. They speak only Quechua, the traditional Incan language, and spend their days caring for their land and animals [...]
[1] Introducing Image of the week!
Here's the first of a new thing I'm trying... Image of the Week! It's pretty self-explanatory, check back every Friday for a new one! "The Entrepreneur" The Lares trek, an alternative to the Inca Trail, Meanders through farm land, herds of llamas and alpacas, across several rivers and to the top of a couple of [...]
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
I found this very disturbing. Can you see it? No? Need a clue? I guess they ran out of right hands at the Houston Airport.
A Functional Packing List
What does a girl need for three weeks on the trail? This is what I thought I needed, and I was about 90% right: 1 sleeping bag (I ❤ compression sacks!) 1 sleeping bag liner (hostels can be gross and/or the trail can be cold) 1 pair broken in hiking boots and extra laces (Kilimanjaro [...]
Raise your glasses to World Water Day!
Today, March 22nd, is World Water Day. So, pause for a moment and raise a glass of nice, clean water and appreciate it. It's something I don't think about that much while I'm home. It's just there. In a pink Britta filter in my fridge, flowing freely from faucets in my kitchen and bathroom. It [...]
Gravity Federation Repost
Marketer extraordinaire and good friend, Chad Ciesil, has been really busy. First, he and his awesome wife, Blair, added Henry to the Ciesil clan. Then he moved his growing family, inclusive of two large canines, from Chicago to Charlottesville, VA in the pre-Christmas snow. And, most recently, he launched Gravity Federation, a unique marketing agency [...]
Jenn Winter 