My wife heard what many from her homeland would consider blasphemy: “The potatoes of Peru are better than Ireland.” It was a bold comment, especially from someone from Brazil. For the sake of this person, I will leave their identity anonymous. I must admit, I think her statement has some legs. Peru’s potatoes are awesome. They actually have over 1500 types of potatoes. And this is coming from two people’s whose heritages (Russia & Ireland) have the potato at the center of the

Yes, we’ll admit it. We used this photo as clickbait. If we had the title “Birdwatching in the Amazon”, we might’ve only had Tanya and Wilson reading this eventful week 20 blog post. While this picture was snagged from Google, it was taken at the Chuncho Clay Lick that we visited during our time in the Amazon Rainforest. The Jags, unfortunately, did not pay a visit while we were there, but we still enjoyed the beautiful colors of the Macaws. Unfortunately, National Geograp

There I was in the lineup with the perfect wave. Steep drop. Pulled into the barrel. Clipped at the lip. Flipped into the reef. 1 ft of water. It didn’t exactly go like that, but my battle scars suggest otherwise. Nick and I saw this funny postcard in one of the shops in Arugam Bay. I said I’d come back and buy it once I’ve reached 5+ cuts to my feet. I well surpassed that amount with bonus cuts on my shoulders, hands, and backside. I earned this souvenir, but hey, I’m a begi

To my surprise, our guest writer, now known as Mister Big Lung, wanted to share his creative writing with the readers this week. I think it is because he didn’t want me including a poll on his mustache review. (Despite being frequently discussed by readers). Thankfully, I always make the final edits and photo uploads, so stay tuned and enjoy this week’s blog from the one and only, Nicholas King. We arrived in Bangkok and had the first taste of home in a month. That taste of

Hello Family and Friends, While I have received much unsolicited, yet thoughtful advice from my siblings and others on how to document and share memories from this world travel, I have decided to go back to my roots of making blog posts. I really tried to do the whole instagram thing again, but I cannot bring myself to use the social media (I know, very boomer of me). Thank you to my sister, who taught me about music on posts and the “bubbles” (highlights?) on Instagram; howe