Backpacking Cougar

If I haven't been there yet...it's on my list!

58 and feeling the fear and doing it anyway...

Trust synchronicity - it may just be a sign!

I’ve never been that good at following directions. I don’t even open the manuals that come with new appliances or gadgets , I don’t...

Fit as hell and feisty to boot...

I first noticed Alejandra poolside at the hotel in Colonial. You could tell she was a woman of substance just by looking at her. She was...

For the love of a horse...

Every now and then you meet a young person in life and in your travels who you warm to immediately. You know instantly they are old souls...

Do it - unless you are going to lose an eye!

I love the people you get to meet while traveling. The one thing that being a solo traveler for many years has taught me is that if you...

Stop the bus Gus

Often as you get older, you hear yourself saying things about the younger generation. “It wasn’t like that in our day”, “we would never...

Until somebody shits and giggles ....

Continued from yesterdays rantings of Its all shits and giggles! When the door wouldn’t open on the toilet, Penny started to panic and...

Its all shits and giggles until...

It’s been a rough 24 hours for the cougars in South America, but we are still laughing – or at least one of us is! We flew from Salta...

Drinking Mate' with a mate

Mate is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink, that was first consumed centuries ago before it became particularly...

The Estancia and Eva...

Its been a few days since we left El Ombu, the Estancia that we spent a few days on just out of Buenos Aires when we arrived here. It has...

Back in one piece

I made a bit of a judgement call yesterday and decided that I was going to return the rental car a few days early despite knowing there woul