While living in San Francisco in 2013, Shanta and I came up with the great idea of quitting our jobs and traveling the world for a year. We used to talk about it jokingly, but over several months we became more and more serious about it. I was 25 at the time and Shanta was 24. We had great jobs but knew that if we ever wanted to do this trip, there would never be a better time to go. We set a date six months out, got serious about saving cash, and began planning the trip. We wanted to start in Europe, spend the bulk of our time in South America, and finish a year later at her cousin's wedding in Hawaii. In April 2014, we both said adios to our jobs and flew to Madrid to commence the European leg. We spent time sipping wine in Spain, beer in Germany, a mix of both in Croatia, and managed to visit most of the countries in between. So why doesn't this blog include the Europe trip? Because everyone and their mothers have been to Europe, and because we moved through at lightning speed.
On July 9th, we flew to Cartagena, Colombia, and began the slow and daunting trek to the southern tip of Chile (about 6,000 miles away). We had no idea where we were going to stay, what our next stop was going to be, or how to hold anything but the most simple conversation in Spanish. We bussed down the continent north to south (except our last stop in Guatemala) so you can click on each red dot from top of the map to bottom to see how it went. You can also choose each post from the drop-down archive on the right. Enjoy!
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