A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
The best Mount Cook Hike that is relatively easy and stunningly beautiful? Definitely the gorgeous Hooker Valley Track! I had wanted to visit Mount Cook for ages but for some reason, I hadn’t quite made it there. But last spring during my South Island road trip with my Dad, the timing was finally right. Along […] Read more…
If you are looking for a stunning and not particularly hard day hike in the Wanaka area, I highly recommend hiking the Rob Roy Glacier Track in Mount Aspiring National Park – here is everything you need to know… Of the 14 National Parks in New Zealand, Mount Aspiring National Park has got to be […] Read more…
When most people think of Mexico they think of dazzling turquoise waters, white sands, tropical weather, delicious food, and ruins hidden in the jungle. That is how I pictured Mexico before I visited. It turned out to be all of those things but also so much more. Looking through my Lonely Planet at the various […] Read more…
Month Eighteen of travel saw us on the road again! The first few days of the month we were still at our mountain retreat housesit in Green Mountain Falls, and with fresh snowfall that only added to the beauty of the place, it was very hard to leave. We did leave the house a couple […] Read more…
This month was one for the books! I was fully back in the swing of things in regards to travel, with loads of new experiences in new places. Month fifteen kicked off in Ogden where we were house sitting for another one and half weeks in a lovely home with a stunning view of the […] Read more…
This month has been quite different from the previous two as I have been living in one place, the tiny town of Field in Yoho National Park which is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I have been doing a Help Exchange placement, working at the small Fireweed Hostel and Mount Stephen Guesthouse three days […] Read more…
During our weekend back in the Blue Mountains a few weekends ago to enjoy the autumn colours, hiking (as always) was on the agenda. We have hiked numerous trails around Katoomba, Leura and Wentworth Falls including two of the biggies in the area– Wentworth Pass and Federal Pass – during previous visits. This time around […] Read more…
As you probably know, I am kinda in love with Vancouver so it was only fitting to end our Americas trip in one of our favourite cities in the world. Originally we were going to be spending a few nights in Victoria and were only going back to Vancouver to catch our flight, but as […] Read more…
Our Rocky Mountain Road Trip didn’t start out with a bang. Sixteen hours on a Greyhound is not anyone’s idea of fun, certainly not ours. I think the fact that they made us change buses and wait around for an hour at midnight was what made it even less fun than we expected it to […] Read more…
Our epic journey to Machu Picchu began with us getting picked up at 5.30am from our hostel in Cusco by Peru Treks, and driven to Km 82 via a breakfast stop near Ollantaytambo. This is the start of the Inca Trail and where you sort out your bags, your paperwork is checked and your passport […] Read more…