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One of the terraces inside Castello Estense was famous for having its own orange grove.

15 March, 2020 By Amanda

Ferrara – An Underappreciated Gem

It’s been a little while since the last post, and since our adventures through Italy. But I haven’t given up completely on documenting our travels and feel like I have more stories to tell and photos I want to share. So I’m going to keep publishing posts when I can in between having to deal […]

This spot wins for the most epic scenery that we saw in the Dolomites.

17 October, 2018 By Amanda

Want to See Epic Mountain Scenery? Go to the Dolomites!

After we had our fill of culture and man-made wonders in Florence we went for the complete opposite: hiking the spectacular mountains of the Dolomites. We nearly didn’t go because it was a long way from all the other places we were going to go, and public transport is a bit iffy outside of the […]

The iconic Duomo of Florence, with its huge 115m tall dome.

2 October, 2018 By Amanda

Florence for Pedr’s Fortieth Birthday

I had a few more posts on Central America planned, but ran out of time before we left for the next leg of our trip in Europe. So to keep the blog more or less current I’ll jump ahead to Italy and get back to Central America later. Why Go Back to Italy? We picked […]

View of Lake Atitlan.

4 September, 2018 By Amanda

The Highlands of Guatemala

The Highlands of Guatemala and Tikal are the two most visited areas in Guatemala. This post is about some of the things you can see and do in the Guatemalan Highlands. (Tikal will be coming in the next post.) The Highlands include Antigua: a colonial town that hasn’t changed much in a few hundred years, […]

Not sure if that look on Pedr's face is happiness or concern...

21 August, 2018 By Amanda

That Time We Thought We Were Going to Die in Guatemala

When you read the title of this post, what thoughts came into your mind? Did you think that we were attacked by armed muggers? Or maybe had a close call on the road with a crazy driver? Or caught some kind of weird tropical disease? Attacked by a jaguar in the jungle? Maybe you might’ve […]

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Hi, we're Amanda and Pedr and we think that you don't need to be an athlete or look like a fitness model to be able to enjoy adventurous activities. We're just two regular people who don't fit the young / beautiful / athletic traveller mould, but we're still doing all sorts of adventurous things. Read More

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