Tag Archives: hiking

Hiking the Inca Trail

This is a guest post from Gillian from One Giant Step Hiking to Machu Picchu along the Inca Trail remains the highlight of my year traveling. It’s that amazing. Standing 4200 meters high on the mountains, looking out over the peaks of the Andes, and knowing that I hiked to get there, filled me with [...]

Getting Lost in Costa Rica

“Let’s go hiking.” I said in the early morning. “Ok, we’ll go after lunch.” my companions, Yolanda and Maria, replied. Hours past and I grew anxious, “let’s go! let’s go!” I said repeatedly, “the day is being wasted!” We were all on a tour of Costa Rica, leaving Arenal national park tomorrow and I wanted [...]