A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
I may be a North Island girl but that doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate the incredible landscapes of the South Island too, and there are some Otago Towns in particular that I love visiting. While the North Island is all about the Maori and Pacific Island culture, volcanoes, natural hot springs, and beautiful stretches […] Read more…
Everything I read online about the Captain Cook Monument trail (also known as the Ka’Awaloa Trail) on the Big Island of Hawaii made it out to be the hardest hike ever, with a brutal descent and no shade on an unmaintained trail. I have to admit, it scared me, and I was nervous about doing […] Read more…
If you are planning a trip to South Africa I highly encourage you to add the windswept and fascinating country of Lesotho to your itinerary, particularly Sani Top at the top of the infamous Sani Pass. Read on to find out more… So… have you heard of Lesotho? I hadn’t until I started dating a […] Read more…
I overcame my fear of small planes by doing a Denali Flightseeing tour during my time in Alaska – here’s why you should add Denali Flightseeing to your Alaska Itinerary. I never thought I would have the courage to fly in a tiny plane, I found large commercial planes scary enough. I certainly never imagined […] Read more…
If you are going to do one multi-day hike in Colorado – the hike from Aspen to Crested Butte and back again over West Maroon Pass and East Maroon Pass is absolutely the one you should choose. In my opinion (from the many, many hikes I have done so far), it is the best hike […] Read more…
Sadly, the Abbot Pass hut is being dismantled in summer 2022 due to erosion. I still recommend doing the first part of the hike to Lake Oesa but I am unsure if you will be able to hike to the hut site in 2022 but it may be possible to do it as a long […] Read more…
It’s expensive, it’s freezing and the days are long, but despite all of this, our tour to the remote South West corner of Bolivia was spectacular. The tour began with us meeting our tour guide and cook and the other two people in our group at the Tour Office, then we set out in our […] Read more…