An overland journey with six kids and two dogs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia
Yes, in fact, the Easter Bunny does! The Easter Bunny arrived with chocolate bunnies, baskets and small gifts and clues. Easter morning was spent in the Atacama fog, a thick fog that burns off by midday. In the Atacama, they … Continued
Chile is much nicer than Peru. The first town we went to was Arica, Chile. It was on the coast, and while I was paranoid about tsunamies and the like, I enjoyed it. It was quite pricey, and we were … Continued
The desert – Team DeCorso loves the desert! But even we desert lovers are tiring of the thousands of miles of desert we are traveling through. It is very, very hot here. We are also at a mere 9,000 feet … Continued
We got into Chile sometime ago. It was a bit of a relief to leave Peru and enter a place where traffic laws were enforced and the water was drinkable. Arica was the first city we got to. Arica reminded … Continued
March 13 was the scheduled departure from Puno. The night before, we had a sad goodbye with the Grifo folks. Ryan helped them with an English lesson CD on their computer for awhile and we looked through our hard drive … Continued
Yo, it’s Jack. Puno continues to be the same, old, lakeside, Peruvian, city that it ever was. I can’t really think of all that much new material to write about my life spent in Puno so I think I’m going … Continued
When we first began planning our trip in Fairbanks last winter, we thought about spending a month or three weeks in La Paz. Instead, we spent considerable time in Puno and we have all very much enjoyed living here. Mark, … Continued
Not all that much has happened since my last post so this won’t be too informative. A few days ago I was petting my wrist when I discovered that I have a cyst. It isn’t anything bad just a lovely … Continued
We have been in Puno for a while now, and it grows idle and slightly boring. We do have lots of hats to buy, though. The floating islands were cool, though they smelled bad. I think that the reeds under … Continued