Category: By Pete
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Traveling the World vs. Vacation

You will not be relaxed, refreshed, or rested, but you will be made whole in ways you never expected.
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New Zealand North Island

Boats, Hobbits, Volcanoes, and Beauty….the North Island of New Zealand has it all.
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Puerto Varas and Santiago, Chile

Chile was modern, comfortable and has a coastline and volcanoes that stretch on for thousands of miles. I feel like we only touched the tip of what South America has to offer and I know that we will be back to explore more in years to come.
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How to Plan a Trip Around the World

Now we will focus on the actual details of planning and how we approached our journey. Many of these tips apply to “normal” vacations, so even if you don’t think you’ll do a long-term trip, read on!
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La Paz and Uyuni, Bolivia

Pre-Inca ruins and modern haute cuisine, the highest city in the world and the world’s largest salt flat- Bolivia is a country of contrasts!
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Transition Days: Madrid and Lima

Our 3 day journey from the Netherlands to South America exemplifies that travel doesn’t go always go as planned.
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How to take a year off and travel the world

by Pete Barba Many of you have asked “How do you take a year off?” or “How do you travel around the world for a year?” or some version of that question. And it’s a great question, one that is both complex but also amazingly simple. For this story I’ll address finances and logistics, and…
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Copenhagen, Denmark

We went to Copenhagen because I wanted to experience one of the happiest cultures on the planet.

