Smoke is billowing from Chimborazo volcano. We pull over to let our jaws hang low as we stare cautiously at this irritable mountain. An indigenous woman with a baby swaddled on her back waits on the side of the road, looking so poised with her velvet skirt, matching red tights, and felted bowler cap. She…
Penguins dash between the pier pylons, blue-footed boobies dive bomb for fish, sea lions sunbathe on the back of unmanned boats…and we haven’t even docked our boat. You’d think this was a Sea World show but it’s everyday life in the Galapagos and part two of our 10-day expedition with Active Adventures (read the first…
We have refrained from all Crocodile Dundee references in all previous Australia blogs, but now we’ve earned it. The Top End is where much of the movie was shot and where we wrapped up our 20 days in Oz. dGoing from the iconic Kakadu National Park to Gunlom Falls (with its “crocodile-free swimming”), and even…
Why come to Australia? If we had to choose one reason, we’d say The Outback. Sure, this country has gorgeous beaches, ancient forests, world-class cities, but this wild landscape and its cultural identity is so uniquely Australian, it can’t be found anywhere else in the world. The Outback by definition is the vast, remote, rugged,…