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JImBo Jonze says: Oh Man, great photo's!!!! I experienced that same view back in 95, 96 and 97 on the 4th. You can find my name on the sign-in sheet. Would crack first beer at about 5:45 am in the parking area just above 6th chair, then hike(with ...

Pat Williams says: I enjoyed your site....

Jason says: Introduction During my MBA program at the University of Colorado, I took a class called “Visionary Leadership” and, as part of the class, we had to write a five-year plan. It turned out to be the most useful class for me durin...

jeffryer says: Well I'm glad to see you finally made it to Argentina; hopefully you enjoyed the excellent food and wine. I haven't been to Salta but have heard only good things from other travellers....

Jason says: While in Tupiza, Viviana and I started talking about the possibility of hopping back on the train and crossing the border into Argentina. Although we had planned just to hang out in Tupiza, the temptation of exploring a new countr...

Jason says: After spending nearly two weeks back in La Paz, I decided that I had been working pretty hard and thus deserved a little vacation. So I took off for a week, heading south on the train from Oruro. First stop, Uyuni. I hung...

Jason says: Here is my latest home in La Paz. My friends Dan and Holly were nice enough to let me move in. The apartment lies in the Sopocachi neighborhood and overlooks the Square (Plaza Abaroa) just below as well as the southern zo...

Jason says: Here is my one month vacation home for the holidays. I hung out with Mom, Dad and other family in Littleton; with Jeff, Laura and others in Breckenridge; and also visited Winter Park and Fraser, Beaver Creek, Vail, Copper Mountain...

Jason says: More pictures on the Salt Flats....

Jason says: I took a weekend (and a little extra) and visited the Salt Flats of Uyuni. The landscape looks much like the Southwestern US until you arrive to the immense salt flat, a giant salt like that evaporated due to desertification and l...

Jason says: Okay, this is a bit unusual in that I have pictures that have to do with work; but here they are. I received a shipment of over 200 computers from the World Computer Exchange in the States on a 20 foot container.

2006-11-16 - Breckenridge, Colorado - New Year Eve Riding

Chip says: I'm trying to help figure out some New Years plans too. I asked Jeff to talk to Lora about the possibility of everybody heading to Breckenridge for New Years. Haven't heard anything yet... but there is also the possibility of co...

2006-10-31 - La Paz, Bolivia - Halloween

Jason says: It's funny that so many Bolivians get into Halloween. And they do it their own style. That is, they don't just celebrate one day; rather, they celebrate over several days especially when it lands on a near a weekend. Thus, we cele...

2006-10-20 - Sucre, Bolivia - Weekend in Sucre

Jason says: Here I took a trip with Josh, just a weekend escape from La Paz to Sucre....

2006-09-30 - Santa Cruz, Bolivia - B37 Despedida

Jason says: Seeing as B37 was the last significant group of my friends on their way out of Peace Corps, I decided I couldn't miss their going away party in Santa Cruz. Unfortunately, there was some supposed confusion with my flight a...

2006-09-16 - La Paz, Bolivia - Illimani

Jason says: Vivi came to visit in La Paz and we decided to take a little getaway to some tourist cabins just outside of La Paz. The package looked good, with nice cabins, stunning views of Illimani, sauna, spa, massages, etc.

2006-09-15 - Breckenridge, Colorado - New Year Eve Riding

Jason says: Alrighty, my friends... We are approaching the end of the year; or, at least I am already thinking about my plans to go home for the Xmas holidays. We have to do it up again and hit the slopes, do some new year celebration, etc....

2006-09-15 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Quandary

Jason says: Good work, bro! Quandary is a nice little hike, eh? After I went up (about 7 years ago), I remember sliding down the snow on the way down wishing I had my board so I could go faster......

2006-08-27 - La Paz, Bolivia - Zongo with Sara, Seth, Darren

Jason says: Here I am once again. Doing the Chacaltaya-Zongo tour for the second time. This time, Sara hooked us up with a free tour, complete with full suspension bikes and all the gear. It was my first time on a full suspension and...

2006-08-26 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Quandary

Jeff says: My buddy Manish wanted to ascend Quandary as part of his final weekend in Breckenridge, before moving back to New York City. I thought it was a great idea, especially since I'd never been. Manish planned to get together at about 6...

2006-08-05 - La Paz, Bolivia - Zongo with Tom

Jason says: Tom made the trip up to La Paz from Sucre to hang out and do a little downhill biking. We tried to hook up the Jungle Rail Trail ride to Coroico but couldn't find the minimum of four people required to do the trip. So we settled o...

2006-07-16 - Sajama, Bolivia - Leaving Sajama

Jason says: This is the end of our weekend trip to Sajama. We visited a church in a small town with some disturbing religious paintings on the wall -- angels armed to the teeth and ready to kill. Interesting. Maybe making the connection betwe...

2006-07-14 - Sajama, Bolivia - Sajama

Jason says: Gary, the director of Save the Children invited a few of us out to Sajama for a weekend visit. It was great to get away from the city for a few days and the scenery was beautiful and very much reminiscent of the landscape...

2006-07-08 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Computer Center

Jason says: Here it is... ...the (mostly) completed computer center in Azurduy! Now they just need to hire a teacher and start teaching classes. Sounds simple, right? Unfortunately, it isn't so simple because nobody wants to...

2006-06-23 - Santiago, Chile - End of Trip

Jason says: This is the end of the trip to Santiago... We went to an all-day event at a University near the coast outside of Santiago. Unfortunately, we didn't make it as far as the beach. Rather, we presented our work and d...

2006-06-22 - Santiago, Chile - Touring Santiago

Jason says: This was the fun part... ...touring around Santiago with friends from La Paz. We didn't go too far but went to my favorite spot, to the top of the hill that overlooks the city....

2006-06-20 - Santiago, Chile - Feria de Educación y Tecnología

Jason says: Seth and I took off from La Paz for a week, leaving our classes and work behind to attend the first annual education and technology fair in Santiago. Because of our work -- teaching technology (or computer) classes to ado...

2006-06-16 - La Paz, Bolivia - Back to Santiago

Jason says: I'm off to Santiago, for the second winter in a row... ...

2006-06-15 - La Paz, Bolivia - Welcome to La Paz

Jason says: After more than a couple of months in La Paz, I finally took my camera out and snapped some fotos. Vivi was visiting and we went up to a little mirador just a few blocks from my house. ...

2006-06-11 - Stillwater, Utah - Green River 11

Jeff says: For our big trip of the summer, Laura, Chip, Bonnie and I joined five others for a canoe trip down Stillwater Canyon in an epic float trip. The trip took 4 days and spanned over 50 miles. Tex's Riverways in Moab outfit us with t...

2006-04-30 - Sucre, Bolivia - Easter

Jason says: I think this was around Easter time... Vivi and I had been talking about hiking up the hill in Sucre for a while and finally had the motivation to do it... Unknowing that there was this procession for all the peo...

2006-04-15 - Sucre, Bolivia - Apartment in Sucre

Jason says: Here is my pad in Sucre... Two bedroom aptmt where I stayed for just two months before I suddenly took a job in La Paz with Save the Children -- Ciao Sucre, Hola La Paz......

2006-03-15 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Deep Snow!

Jeff says: Here are some of the images from the great winter of '05 / '06....

2006-03-11 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Computer Center

Jason says: I took another trip down to Azurduy to find out how it was going on the Computer Center, a project for my NGO that I started as a Peace Corps Volunteer. You can see that the construction is coming along but still needs at...

2006-02-26 - Coroico, Bolivia - Carnaval in Coroico

Jason says: In an attempt to escape all the madness, Vivi and I headed to the valleys of Los Yungas, just a few thousand meters below La Paz, and into Coroico, a sub-tropical community just three hours down the hill from La Paz. We h...

2006-02-24 - Oruro, Bolivia - Carnaval

Jason says: I made my second trip to Carnaval in three years and, honestly, I just wasn't in the mood for all that goes along with this chaotic mess of a party -- water from all direction, foam in the eyes, thievery and more. What di...

2006-02-23 - Sucre, Bolivia - Sunset in Sucre

Jason says: After coming back to Bolivia, I eventually found an apartment to move into in an attempt to upgrade from my dark, depressing room that I rented from the nice Bolivian family. So... I found an apartment building with an ok...

2006-02-03 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Candelaria

Jason says: Here I am back in Azurduy -- for my THIRD time at their annual festival, Candelaria. I had arrived after being away in the States for some time...and I was expecting a warm welcome; however, my friends acted as if I had n...

2006-01-26 - Tijuana, Mexico - Coima

Jason says: What the ef is a coima, you ask? Coima is the word used in Bolivia for a bribe -- something that is a common practice in Bolivia. However, I ask myself if bribes are more common in Bolivia or in Mexico where our story takes place....

2006-01-25 - San Diego, California - Calvin-Ryer Family

Jason says: Here I am putting in some quality time with the Calvin-Ryer family, hanging out with my sis, bro-in-law and the kids......

2006-01-24 - San Diego, California - Sunset Over San Diego

Jason says: After spending five weeks in Colorado with the family and friends, I decided to head to San Diego to visit my sis Stacie. I had a good time chilling with her family -- Doug, Sage and Declan. Here are some pics of the sunset -- fro...

2006-01-14 - Telluride, Colorado - Andy & Lexi get hitched

Jeff says: Andy and Lexi got hitched in Telluride. It was a lot of fun, both the wedding and the snowboarding and enjoying the beauty of Telluride. ...

2006-01-08 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Snowy fun in Breck

Jason says: Here are some fotos of riding and nighttime fun in Breck. Here we are chilling at my bro's pad in Breck and also making some turns on the fluffy white snow......

2005-12-31 - Breckenridge, Colorado - New Year Eve Riding

Jason says: For the second year straight, I took to the slopes for New Year's Eve with Randy. This year, we had Joel along and, at the end of the day, my bro. Randy was dressed in his usual baby blue and Joel was sporting some sort of miner s...

2005-12-25 - Littleton, Colorado - Gift Day!

Jason says: After celebrating Xmas with Ma, Pa, Jeff, Laura, and her sister, we had Grandma over for a turkey dinner....

2005-12-21 - Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado - Winter Solstace Party

Jason says: Always with a reason to celebrate, Ian invited us up to his place in Hot Sulphur Springs to celebrate the Winter Solstace. That's right, we celebrated the shortest day of the year! It was great to see Ian again, hang with...

2005-12-01 - Tarija, Bolivia - Back to Sucre

Jason says: After about a week in Tarija, we flew back to Sucre on TAM. We waited and waited to find out if there were seats available for us and finally they sold us seats. I didn't have enough cash so I got a discount (and I think they didn...

2005-11-30 - Tarija, Bolivia - Sand Dunes

Jason says: On our second (and last) day in Sama, we continued our trek and arrived at the sand dunes. We then continued to the main road and waited about three hours trying to hitchhike before someone finally picked us up and took us back to...

2005-11-29 - Tarija, Bolivia - Sama

Jason says: After getting our trip organized, left on a night bus to enter into Sama -- a protected area in Tarija. It looked a lot like the high plains of the Andean regions and offered as attractions lagoons with flamingos and small sand du...

2005-11-28 - Tarija, Bolivia - Los Parrales

Jason says: Vivi and I went back to Los Parrales to hang out for the day before we would embarck on a trip to Sama National Park....

2005-11-27 - Tarija, Bolivia - Represa

Jason says: The dam upstream from the city of Tarija. Vivi and I went to check it out and see what there was to offer. We walked around, ate miniature crabs, fish, and went on the water in boat. ...

2005-11-26 - Tarija, Bolivia - Touring Tarija

Jason says: Here are some fotos of the attractions and sites in Tarija....

2005-11-25 - Tarija, Bolivia - Tourism in Tarija

Jason says: Today, we checked out the waterfalls near the city and later went out to a nice restaurant, Los Parrales....

2005-11-24 - Tarija, Bolivia - Turkey Day in Tarija

Jason says: Rather than having Thanksgiving in Sucre, all volunteers decided to travel to Tarija for the holiday. They all went together on a bus -- a party bus. I declined the offer for the party bus, remembering my college days and the part...

2005-11-13 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Breck Peak 8

Jeff says: I awoke to a reported 17 inches of new snow, the sun shining. The problem was that it was early season, only one run was open, and I wasn't even allowed to use the lifts as a Breck employee. So Laura and I grabbed snowshoes and ...

2005-11-05 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Pre-season Peak 10

Jeff says: The day before, I headed out with Bud, Trey and Kayak Mike to try to get up Peak 10 for some turns. Trey hitched his snowmobile onto the back of Bud's Defender 90, but they were stopped by ski patrol saying they couldn't bring a ...

2005-10-31 - Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia - Halloween Party

Jason says: After having some adventures in the jungles of Bolivia near the border of Brazil, getting back to the city and promptly getting my wallet stolen, we found some free time to hit the sauna, hot tub, get messages, all before going to...

2005-10-15 - La Paz, Bolivia - for peace

Jeff says: After relaxing by the lake in Copacabana, it was time to head back to the city so we could make our way to Sucre. After the difficult travels from Peru to Bolivia, we decided to hire a private bus to take us into La Paz. We spen...

2005-10-14 - Copacabana`, Bolivia - Isla del Sol

Jeff says: After relaxing sufficiently, we decided it was time to do something. So we hiked up to the hill with the cross for a nice view. We also took a boat to Isla del Sol, an island on Lake Titicaca....

2005-10-13 - Copacabana, Bolivia - Welcome to Bolivia

Jeff says: We bee-lined it from Machu Picchu directly into Cusco where we caught an overnight bus to Copacabana, Bolivia. Jason forgot to mention how cold it might get on the bus. We were basically going from semi-tropical climate up to 13...

2005-10-12 - Machu Picchu, Peru - J&J go to Machu Picchu

Jeff says: Jason and I got an early start for our day at Machu Picchu. We wanted to get up there before the crowds poured in. From Aguas Calientes, it was an easy ride on a bus up to the ruins. Along the switchback road, the buses coming ...

2005-10-11 - Aguas Calientes, Peru - Aguas Calientes

Jeff says: Here is our first day up to Machu Picchu. The train took us up to Aguas Calientes, which is the nearest town to the historic Incan site. Mom & Dad were eager to see the ruins, so they went in while Jason and I wandered around Ag...

2005-10-10 - Cusco, Peru - No Gracias, Cusco

Jeff says: Walking around Cusco, you find yourself saying, repeatedly, "No, Gracias." It seems that every Cusqueño/a is vying for your attention, selling postcards, fingerpuppets, drugs, restaurants, etc. In the Irish Pub they even sell T-...

2005-10-09 - Cusco, Peru - Reunite with Jason in Cusco

Jeff says: We got up early in Lima to catch our flight to Cusco. It's said that some spectacular views of high mountains peaks can be viewed from the plane, but unfortunately it was cloudy most of the way. As we descended into Cusco, we go...

2005-10-08 - Lima, Peru - Landing in Lima

Jeff says: I stayed over at the Ryer Guest House prior to heading out with Mom and Dad for our South American adventures. Mom and Dad finally decided that they could get down to see Jason--and I kindly offered my assistance, having travelle...

2005-09-25 - Jefferson, Colorado - Colorado Trail Jefferson to Georgia

Jeff says: The leaves were changing and the temperatures had started to drop. The days of mountain biking remaining for the year were dwindling. For one of our last rides of the season, Laura and I drove to Jefferson where we caught the Co...

2005-09-21 - San Jose de Chiquitos, Bolivia - Tarde de Ocio

Jason says: Continuing the workshop in San Jose, we take a break and hike to a hilltop...and look at artesania....

2005-09-20 - San Jose de Chiquitos, Bolivia - Tech Exchange

Jason says: Nearing the end of my Peace Corps service, we finally put together a "tech exchange" among Peace Corps vols and Bolivian work partners in the pueblo of San Jose de Chiquitos where Daniel is a volunteer. It was a little st...

2005-09-17 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Summer Pics from Laura

Jeff says: Here are some random pics from the summer of '05, courtesy of Laura....

2005-09-16 - Sucre, Bolivia - Feliz Cumple David

Jason says: David Martinez's bday party. To celebrate, we went out to Cafe Quito and then onto Gnadenlos for more drinks and fun....

2005-09-11 - Sucre, Bolivia - Entrada, Virgen de Guadalupe

Jason says: The biggest festival in Sucre... It's like Carnaval but without all the water fights and a better parade. We had good time watching all the dancers go by in the parade but what I will never forget is what happened the fol...

2005-08-15 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - COS Conference

Jason says: Here are fotos from our "COS Conference" for my PC group in Cochabamba. We did the usual med exams then went to a hotel where we prepared to end our service as volunteers, talking about how to readjust to life in the States -- stu...

2005-08-05 - Santiago, Chile - End of South American Ski Tour

Jason says: We found an Indian restaurant with super spicy food and then wandered around town and up the funicular to the top of the tallest hill in Santiago where we had a great view of the city and smog. We spent our last dinner at...

2005-08-04 - Santiago, Chile - Taco Bell in Santiago

Jason says: After our day of eating at Taco Bell and Starbucks, we decided to go out in Bella Vista. Unfortunately, almost nobody went out due to the cold, rainy weather. So we froze our asses off inside a bar that had no heating....

2005-08-03 - Santiago, Chile - Check out Santiago

Jason says: Back in Santiago, we went out to the “Americanized” neighborhood where we found a shopping mall and such chain restaurants as Taco Bell, Starbucks, and Hooters. Here we are dancing with the girls at Hooters....

2005-08-02 - Valle Nevado, Chile - Snow!

Jason says: Luck for us, the wind died down and the snow kept falling and we finally had some great riding conditions. Fresh pow pow all day long. We found a spot we liked on the mountain and did quite a few laps and hitting fresh on every on...

2005-08-01 - Santiago, Chile - Plaza de Armas

Jason says: Back in Santiago, we decided to try out a new hostel recommended to us that was in the main plaza. It turned out to be relatively cheap and nice. It overlooked the plaza from the fifth floor and had a kitchen with breakfast includ...

2005-07-31 - Santiago, Chile - To Portillo

Jason says: Encountering bad luck with the weather in Termas de Chillan, we finally turned in our rental car and hopped on a bus back to Santiago, destination Portillo. After turning in our lurching pickup, we spent about five to six...

2005-07-28 - Chillan, Chile - Just Chillin in Chillan

Jason says: We rolled into Chillan around three in the a.m. and were still exhausted. We hopped in a cab and went to about four different places before we finally found a room available. It was nice and seemed clean, aside from the dog shit o...

2005-07-27 - Santiago, Chile - Ski Trippin

Jason says: Here we are on our second day on the slopes. The first day we spent on Colorado and the second day we hitched a ride up to Valle Nevado where we had another day of spring-like conditions. The resorts are relatively small in compar...

2005-07-26 - Santiago, Chile - South American Snow

Jason says: We made it to an economic hotel in Santiago and then went to this crazy restaurant that seemed to be an old hotel that was converted into a restaurant without a whole lot of remodeling. I guess we went in the wrong door because it...

2005-07-25 - Santiago, Chile - Vacation Time

Jason says: I was having a lot of trouble accomplishing my work as a Peace Corps volunteer, not being able to get the funding necessary to begin our Computer Center project. Frustrated and realizing there really wasn’t enough time to get the ...

2005-07-20 - Sucre, Bolivia - Moon Rising in Sucre

Jason says: Here are some photos of Sucre courtesy of Viviana. You see the moon rising over the hilltops in the background just after dusk. ...

2005-07-09 - Breckenridge, Colorado - 4th of July Bowl

Jeff says: Laura and I weren't prepared when we set out to ride 4th of July bowl the prior week, so we decided to try it this weekend. We were able to park just above the Mercury Chair, and hiked up from there. It was a nice run for the la...

2005-07-04 - Alcala, Bolivia - Independence Day Fun

Jason says: Independence Day. David Reynolds invited a group of us to his site in Alcala, not too far off the main road between Sucre and Azurduy. Dave had it all planned out – a little hike up one of the nearby peaks and then grilling lots o...

2005-07-01 - Sucre, Bolivia - Ranking Inauguration

Jason says: Viviana invited me to her inauguration party for the Ranking tourist office where she had been working for about four months. I missed the inauguration but did make the little reception after… ...

2005-06-26 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Library Workshop

Jason says: Here is a little workshop that I asked a volunteer to put on for our municipal library. She made the trip all the way out from Santa Cruz to Azurduy just to teach us the Dewey Decimal System and to do some dynamic activities…...

2005-06-22 - Padilla, Bolivia - Toms Pics

Jason says: I got these pictures from Tom and guess that they are from his site, Padilla. Pretty funny. What’s funnier is that these people have no idea....

2005-06-18 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Back to the Jungle

Jason says: From Azurduy to the jungle. Okay, not really the jungle. But to some lower, warmer, greener valleys on the road to Rodeo and Monteagudo. There was no real reason really. It was Saturday and the Alcaldia wanted to take a little tri...

2005-06-09 - Sucre, Bolivia - Dia de Ocio

Jason says: This is Vivi’s so-called “Dia de ocio” because of all the shit going down in the city, nobody had to work (or, I mean, nobody WANTED to work because it was just too dangerous. Why? As I was walking to the center just a co...

2005-06-03 - Sucre, Bolivia - More Pizza

Jason says: Okay… Here we are again – Giovanny, Vivi, and I eating at a pizzeria. What’s new?...

2005-05-29 - Sucre, Bolivia - Dinner with Dan

Jason says: My man Dan Conklin made one of his rare appearances in the city to hang out for a few days and watch some of the NBA finals seeing as his team (Detroit) was in the semi-finals. We watched the game at Café Berlin, ate at the Chines...

2005-05-24 - Sucre, Bolivia - Moon Rising

Jason says: These are more pictures taken by Vivi and Binho (gotta give credit where credit’s due, right?). Vivi got some good pictures of Sucre looking at the cross with the moon rising above the mountain. And another of the city lights with...

2005-05-21 - Sucre, Bolivia - Cueca

Jason says: My neighbor, Juan Pablo, in the house where I rent a room in Sucre, invited me to go to a performance put on by groups of Bolivian dancers around the country. The dances were mostly all “Cueca” and I thought that it might not be s...

2005-05-20 - Sucre, Bolivia - Vivi and Binho

Jason says: One of my first nights with my future girlfriend and, of course Giovanny (or Binho). I met Viviana way back when Jeff and I went to Rurrenebaque at the tourist (or ranking) office. I knew that she had moved to the office in Sucre ...

2005-05-14 - Sucre, Bolivia - Despedida de Micah

Jason says: Back in Sucre and it seems there is reason to celebrate (surprise, surprise)! The occasion? Micah’s despedida (going away). Margarita was gracious enough to host the party and it was good. Plenty of food, a great house, and lots...

2005-05-01 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Jason and Friend to Waterfall

Jason says: Here you see a picture from my room in Azurduy and a couple of pictures just above the waterfall with my “new friend�. I had just met him a day before and he suggested going for a ride on our bicycles so we went to the waterfa...

2005-04-24 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Bloody Mess

Jason says: These bloody (in the U.S. sense of the word, of course) pictures, you can see that I am not quite right. I took a little bicycle trip out the campo and due to my concern for the sun and lack of wanting to put on sunblock, I decide...

2005-04-15 - Salt Lake City, Utah - Iron Blosam

Jeff says: For the northern portion of Gary's bahelor trip, six of us headed up to Snowbird outside of Salt Lake City, meeting up with Philip, Ryan, and John, who flew in from Los Alamos. John let us spend two nights at the Iron Blosam cond...

2005-04-14 - Castle Dale, Utah - Joe's Canyon

Jeff says: For the second day of canyoneering, we decided to do something non-technical, so we went to Little Wild Horse and Bell canyons outside of Goblin Valley. According to Tom's Utah Canyoneering Guide, "Bell and Little Wild Horse are ...

2005-04-12 - near Hanksville, Utah - Leprechauns

Jeff says: We arrived at our destination--somewhere south of Hanksville, in the middle of nowhere Utah--in the dark. Matt had the GPS coordinates so that we could drive right to it. We got up the next morning and made breakfast with three ...

2005-04-11 - Moab, Utah - Porcupine Rim

Jeff says: For our second and final day of mountain biking, it was decided that we'd ride Porcupine Rim, perhaps the best trail in Moab. Here are some photos of us getting ready for the ride. After yesterday's ride on Slick Rock we...

2005-04-10 - Moab, Utah - Slick Rock

Jeff says: Gary decided upon an atypical bachelor party. Well, it wouldn't be a party at all; he decided to have a bachelor trip. After bouncing e-mails around among all of his friends, it was decided to have a week long bachelor trip divi...

2005-04-07 - Azurduy, Bolivia - I love to eat Pig!

Jason says: Micah took some great pictures of Azurduy – a few shots from my balcony, and some others from the roof of the hotel. We also visited a monkey in the courtyard of someone’s house. Personally, I think it’s a little cruel to bring mo...

2005-04-06 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Back to the Waterfall

Jason says: Back to the waterfall! And this time under sunny skies… Micah decided to make a visit out to my site, having access to the PC vehicle and errands to run. Dave joined us and we made the seven hour drive. They only hung out...

2005-04-05 - Sedona, Arizona - Backpacking above Sedona

Jeff says: After going up to Snowbowl, the small ski resort outside of Flagstaff, only to find that it was closed due to high winds from the previous day, Laura and I decided to continue on South to Sedona. Once in Sedona, we weren't sure w...

2005-04-02 - Wolf Creek, Colorado - Closing day, 160 inch base!

Jeff says: For Spring Break 2005, Laura and I decided to take our snowboards and head South, first stop Wolf Creek for closing day. (Technically, they reopened for two more Saturdays.) Although they closed with about a 160 inch base, the sno...

2005-03-27 - Pichacani, Bolivia - Downhill Fun

Jason says: Easter Sunday. Much of the pueblo of Azurduy is well on their way to getting completely inebriated after a couple of days of (religion-mandated) sobriety; however, I hop on my bike and take the road south of town. You see...

2005-03-25 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Visitor

Jason says: Yeah! A visitor in my site! Bethany made the trip out to my site from Padilla, actually leaving at the crack of dawn to walk to the junction to meet the Azurduy bus. She was able to hitch a ways, luckily; but it still made for a l...

2005-03-19 - Tomina, Bolivia - Adios Margarita

Jason says: Here are just a few photos that I took AFTER the going away party for Margarita in her home site of Tomina. A group of nearly ten or so volunteers made it out to say farewell to Margarita and celebrate with pizza, drinks, and danc...

2005-02-12 - Breckenridge, Colorado - NMSU Reunion in Breck

Jeff says: My mind wandering aimlessly as I trudged myself and my load up toward the 22,840 foot summit of Aconcagua, my thoughts turned towards my friends. I started thinking how I hadn't seen my buddies from college in some time, and I ha...

2005-02-08 - Padilla, Bolivia - Carnaval

Jason says: So I left Azurduy at the beginning of their yearly celebration of the virgin of Candelaria only to go to another festival. This one is known around the world in its various forms: Carnaval. I made the bus trip to the junc...

2005-02-02 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Cheese and apple fair

Jason says: This is the first annual cheese and apple fair in Azurduy (just as the sign says, but in Spanish). Ah yes, the sign… I printed the letters for the sign. That was my big contribution. And I was one of the prestigious judges tasting...

2005-01-27 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Computer classes

Jason says: Here are some photos of the Azurduy library and the classes that I teach. I decided to snap some pictures to add to my proposal for the new computer center…...

2004-12-02 - Samaipata, Bolivia - Parque Amboro

Jason says: 2004-12-02 We walked into Amboro national park on the second day of our tour, completing a couple of loops within the park. The landscape there is beautiful with the green flora and the red and black rocks. As for fauna, there...

2004-12-01 - Samaipata, Bolivia - Giant Ferns

Jason says: Here we are in December and sweating like crazy in the summer heat. We decided to take a tour into the national park, Amboro, to see what it had to offer. But we also wanted to see the giant fern forest. So we did a combination to...

2004-11-30 - Samaipata, Bolivia - Cascadas

Jason says: Cuevas. Caves. Do these look like caves? Okay, that’s just the name of the pueblo. I suppose they have caves somewhere. Maybe they should name the town Cascadas because they have some absosmurfly beautiful waterfalls. Jeff, Ryan, ...

2004-11-25 - Buena Vista, Bolivia - Turkey day

Jason says: MTV Beach Party!!! Oops…Oh, I mean, Peace Corps Thanksgiving feast in Buena Vista. Does this look like any Thanksgiving you would ever imagine? I didn’t think so. Okay, okay…So I’m from Colorado and it is usually a little chilly d...

2004-11-23 - Torotoro, Bolivia - Goodbye Torotoro, hello cochabamba

Jason says: Here we got the pictures of our return from Torotoro to Cochabamba and then some extras including a house party in Cochabamba, places in Cochabamba, and, finally pictures from Richard’s flight to La Paz from Rurrenebaque....

2004-11-22 - Torotoro, Bolivia - Day Two- Canyoneering

Jason says: So after a somewhat disappointing first day, I was definitely impressed when we arrived to the canyon the second day. It was quite a drop into the canyon. We spent time peering over the edge, throwing rocks off, and laying on our ...

2004-11-21 - Torotoro, Bolivia - Road trippin

Jason says: So we made a decision and “pulled the trigger” on a three-day excursion to Torotoro with its various attractions, including dinosaur prints, the grand canyon (of Torotoro) and a cave. A British fellow named Richard decided to come...

2004-11-19 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Rafting the Chapare

Jason says: This is our day rafting tour to the Chapare with a little side-trip to rappel off of a bridge. The rappelling was a little scary at first because you have to step over the side of the bridge and trust the rope. But the second time...

2004-11-16 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Medical exams

Jason says: Okay… We spent a week in Cochabamba for my one-year medical (read poop in a cup) exams. Everything came out just fine… Jeff and I had a good time kicking it with fellow volunteers from group B34 and took advantage of the ...

2004-11-09 - Rurrenebaque, Bolivia - Jungle Tour

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2004-11-06 - Rurrenebaque, Bolivia - Final day Pampa tour

Jason says: Our last day in Rurre… We finished our pampas tour and spent one more night in Rurre. That is, I spent one last night while Jeff hung out for a little while longer to go on the jungle tour. Here you see the last pics of t...

2004-11-05 - Rurrenebaque, Bolivia - Pampa tour day two

Jason says: Day two on the pampas tour, we take off on a trek through the tall grass of the pampas in search for the biggest known snake, the anaconda. After four hours of hiking, we wear growing weary and tired but finally found what we were...

2004-11-04 - Rurrenebaque, Bolivia - Pampa tour

Jason says: The “Pampas tour”, probably the best guided tour in all of Bolivia. Why? Not because of the guides, but because of the multitude of wildlife seen on the short three-day tour. First, we arrived to Rurrenebaque, found a pla...

2004-10-31 - Sucre, Bolivia - Halloween BBQ

Jason says: It’s Halloween, and how lame are we to be sitting inside without even one person in costume? Well at least we had a little gathering of friends and grilled up some food. This is the last little fiesta at the “calle Uno” house in S...

2004-10-28 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Cinti Calle

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2004-10-23 - Chapi Mayu, Bolivia - Azurduy to Monteagudo final

Jason says: After a good night’s rest in Chapi Mayu, Jeff and I got up, ate breakfast, bought some bread and oranges (our staple diet on the road), and took off after doing some bike maintenance. The road was mostly flat until reaching the bi...

2004-10-22 - Rodeo, Bolivia - Azurduy to Monteagudo

Jason says: We awoke and decided to take off for the lagoon that the man who sold me the beer the night before – I think he was the local priest – and had two kids show us the way as our guides. The lagoon was a little disappointing. We asked...

2004-10-21 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Azurduy to Monteagudo day one

Jason says: Here’s the big adventure that I had been planning for a while. I had taken the still uncompleted road toward Monteagudo from Azurduy in August just past the first pueblo, Rodeo, to Saucesitos where I hung out for a weekend. I was ...

2004-10-16 - Sucre, Bolivia - Siete Cascadas

Jason says: Another day, another adventure… This time we took the bikes out to the “Seven Waterfalls” in hopes of seeing some beautiful falls and the possibility of taking a swim. The ride out to the falls was fun, having to stop and ask ever...

2004-10-15 - Sucre, Bolivia - La Glorieta

Jason says: After having some fun in La Paz, Jeff and I had some work to do: get our hands on some mountain bikes. So we went to Gravity Tours and eventually got hooked up with bikes and equipment for our planned biking trip from Azurduy to M...

2004-10-10 - La Paz, Bolivia - Welcome to La Paz

Jason says: Damn, it’s been quite a while since writing in my journal and updating the website. A lot has happened in the past months: Another wedding, a farewell party for group B31, my bro coming to visit, traveling all over Bolivia, and go...

2004-10-08 - La Paz, Bolivia - Gravity Assisted Zongo Valley

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2004-10-07 - Copacabana, Bolivia - The Worst Beer in Bolivia

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2004-10-06 - La Paz, Bolivia - Bienvenido a Bolivia

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2004-09-27 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Bike Tour Part Dos

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2004-09-26 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Bike Tour of BA

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2004-09-19 - Sopachuy, Bolivia - The beaches of Sopachuy

Jason says: I went up to Sopachuy for a weekend to visit the volunteers there, Dan and Erin, as well as Margarita and Tatyana who were visitng from Tomina. Although I was sick as hell, coming down with about the worst sinus infection ever, I ...

2004-09-17 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Fierce Winds on Acon

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2004-09-16 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Highest Point on Acon

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2004-09-15 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Bajando Aconcagua

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2004-09-14 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Subiendo

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2004-09-13 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Beauty Sunsets on Acon

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2004-09-12 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Mulas en Aconcagua

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2004-09-11 - Aconcagua, Argentina - Views of the Peak

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2004-09-11 - Sucre, Bolivia - City Life

Jason says: Here are some pics from some of the stuff going down in the little city of Sucre. Let´s see... Weddings, eating cheese from a can, parties, beautiful girls, and more......

2004-09-10 - Aconcogua, Argentina - Mountaineering?

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2004-09-09 - Portillo, Chile - Day hitch to Portillo

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2004-09-08 - Mendoza, Argentina - Facundo

Jeff says: Penitentes Aconcagua Matt, Mike, Jeff, Tom...

2004-09-03 - Bariloche, Argentina - Barilo che!

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2004-09-01 - Bariloche, Argentina - Sextuple

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2004-08-31 - Bariloche, Argentina - Patagonia

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2004-08-30 - Osorno, Chile - No Snow

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2004-08-30 - Chaunaka, Bolivia - Visit to the Zona Jalqa

Jason says: I went for a little trip out to the Jalq'a zone where Andres and Tomas have their sites on the pretext of helping set up computers in the new center in Potolo. We went in a pickup driven by some padre and a few others, st...

2004-08-29 - Termas de Chillan, Chile - El Dedo Gordo

Jeff says: Today we repeated the same routine as yesterday: get up late, hitch up to the resort, ski, hitch back home. Only this time, we poached some of the hot springs at the resort. And once at the hotel, we tried to decide if ...

2004-08-28 - Termas de Chillan, Chile - Chllin in Chillan

Jeff says: The taxi driver pulled up to the youth hostel honking his horn and the sun had barely begun to rise. Surely nobody would be up at this time. But I was exhausted from traveling all night long and all I wanted was a bed so I could...

2004-08-27 - Valle Nevado, Chile - A Poacher's Guide to South America

Jeff says: Today we would begin the fine art of poaching a ski resort. I decided to keep yesterday's ski pass just in case it looked like today's. It just had a date stamped on it and, unless they looked closely, nobody would know the diff...

2004-08-27 - Sucre, Bolivia - Bachelor Party

Jason says: We had a bachelor party for JC complete with barbecue, drinks, and girls. The "girls" were not really accustomed to dancing in front of gringos, needing quite a bit of prodding and coaxing just to get them to dance. But they final...

2004-08-26 - Valle Nevado, Chile - Valle Nevado

Jeff says: Mike and I wasted little time between resorts. We had a bit of trouble finding the road up to Valle Nevado, but after asking enough people, we found the road and made it up another long set of switchbacks. We parked the car, got...

2004-08-25 - Portillo, Chile - Riding in Portillo

Jeff says: When we arrived at Portillo, we were shocked by what they were charging. Now, this isn't like any ski resort that I've ever been to. They don't sell lift tickets. It's an all-inclusive deal that includes room, four meals a day ...

2004-08-24 - Portillo, Chile - Single's Week in Portillo

Jeff says: It's almost a year later, and I am finally getting around to entering in all of the photos from my South America trip. It was a great four month foray into the skiing, hiking, partying, eating, drinking, coca chewing, m...

2004-08-22 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Health fare

Jason says: We had a health fare on this Sunday in Azurduy in which the surrounding communities were invited to dance and put on skits and presentation about various health concerns, with the incentive of winning prizes......

2004-08-15 - Suasecitos, Bolivia - Weekend drip to the jungle -- day 2

Jason says: I woke up in the morning wanting to sleep a little longer but Willys and Napol were already leaving. So I hopped out of bed and caught up with them at the river where we had dropped the net the night before. They pulled out the ne...

2004-08-14 - Sausecitos, Bolvia - Into the Jungle, Baby

Jason says: I was a little hesitant at first to take this little trip out to the campo, not completely trusting my friend Willys and not knowing what to expect. I remembered how my last trip out to the campo with Trinidad didn’t turn out so w...

2004-07-10 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Caravana de los Guachos

Jason says: Okay, I'm trying to remember what went down this day... Just a little background info... Each year a caravan of Argentinos, or Guachos as they are called, do a trek along the route of Donia Juana Azurduy de Padilla in her...

2004-07-07 - Pilchacani, Bolivia - A short walk outside Azurduy

Jason says: On this Saturday, I decided to take a quick walk outside of the pueblo just to get away for a little while. I walked on the road heading south of town because I had never before gone that way. I walked for about an hour and a half...

2004-07-04 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Independence Day

Jason says: I ended up staying in Azurduy for July 4th, U.S. Independence Day. I had spent the previous night partying at the Danes house celebrating the welcoming of two new volunteers (Lars and Carolina) and saying goodbye to two others (To...

2004-06-27 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Jason cooks lunch

Jason says: So I cooked lunch with my neighbors Libia and Julieta... I made the mac and cheese with tuna and cooked up some more pasta, potatoes, and other stuff. Later we played Scrabble....

2004-06-21 - Padilla, Bolivia - Aji Fest Part 2

Jason says: This is the day of recovery from the Aji Fest in Padilla. After partying for 25 hours straight, I had recovered long enough to eat some breakfast and hang out for the rest of the day. Cortny and I had planned to go back to Azurduy...

2004-06-20 - Padilla, Bolivia - Aji Fest in Padilla

Jason says: Cortny and I hopped on the bus from Azurduy at 8am on our way to Padilla. We stopped in Tomina to change buses, changing directions and roads to go to Tomina. In Tomina, we hopped in a truck and caught a ride to Padilla, arriving ...

2004-06-12 - Buena Vista, Colorado - Sweetness

Jeff says: Laura and I met up with Ian, Christy and Tanya in Buena Vista for a raft trip down Brown's Canyon. With Ian and Laura at the helm, the ride was pretty smooth. We even made it through Sidell's hole, which claimed several ...

2004-06-09 - Ouray, Colorado - Little Switzerland

Jeff says: Laura and I kicked off the summer break with a trip down to Ouray, aka Little Switzerland. We started by camping out on the Colorado by Buena Vista, then stopped outside of Salida to ride Angel of Shavano on the Colorado Trail. ...

2004-06-05 - Denver, Colorado - Harvesters of the Sea

Jeff says: To kick off our Primus Weekend, Ian and I met up with Andy for some wakeboarding on Chatfield. I think Ian got wrecks of the day, falling hard enough to lose the board twice. Ian and I rode Matthews Winters that afternoo...

2004-06-01 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Quinceniero

Jason says: So the girl, Jhenny in the house where I live had here big 15th birthday party. I felt bad for the poor girl. Her mother and three other siblings were off in the campo where her mother teaches during the week. And her father is ...

2004-05-29 - Chaunaka, Bolivia - The Jalqa Zona

Jason says: I took advantage of the opportunity to go out to the campo with Jorge and some other volunteers. Jorge had to fumigate Andres' and Tomas' rooms so Tomas, Elenor, Claudia, Jorge, and the fumigator all went out to the zone. They wer...

2004-05-24 - Sopachuy, Bolivia - Dia de Independencia, Chuquuisaca

Jason says: Cortny and I headed out to Sopachuy to chill out and party a little with Dan for Chuquisaca's independence day. Dan showed us around the town, up to some nice outlooks. We swam in the river. We drank some beers, some chicha, ate s...

2004-05-22 - Grand Junction, Colorado - Roaring Fork

Jeff says: The Great Outdoors. I met up with Ian and headed to Grand Junction to enjoy the great outdoors. We went mountain biking on the Turkey Flats trail where I tried to run over his family dog. Fortunately for the dog, I went...

2004-05-21 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Lagunillas

Jason says: This is a little trip we took to some lagunas in hopes of finding a place to stock fish. Unfortunately, the dirty, mirky water obviously wouldn't serve for fish; however, the scenery was beautiful. There was no flow of water going...

2004-05-07 - Fruita, Colorado - Fruita Mountain Biking

Jeff says: Gary called me last minute (as he often does) for a mountain bike trip to Fruita. I had nothing going on for the weekend, so I joined him, Brooke, and John. We met up at the end of 18 road, rode Chutes and Ladders, Front...

2004-05-02 - Denver, Colorado - Golden Tee

Jeff says: Laura and I kicked it in Denver for a weekend with Ian. We decided to hit the greens on Sunday. This was my first time playing a round of Golf. If you look at my picture, you'll notice that I completely missed the ball.

2004-04-29 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - PDW Workshop

Jason says: So I went to this workshop with my work partner, Willys and we worked on designing a project for our community. The project didn't really work out but we had a good time traveling to Cocha, hanging out with other volunteers, Boliv...

2004-04-21 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Random Photos

Jeff says: Here are some random photos, not necessarily for this exact date. Here are some pics of Laura and I in front of her place setting up her roof box. A couple pics from snowshoeing up Spruce Creek. Finally,...

2004-04-17 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Bump Buffet

Jeff says: For the last day of the season, Breck received an eight inch dump--about the biggest we recieved all season. Ian was signed up for the Telemark Bump Buffet in which contestants dress up in outrageous customes, drink, then ski dow...

2004-04-15 - Las Abras, Bolivia - Adventure Tourism

Jason says: Heres the rest of my little adventure in search of tourism in Azurduy, more specifically in the community of Las Abras, about a three to four hour hike from the pueblo. To quickly summarize (since I have to run to catch a...

2004-04-14 - Las Abras, Bolivia - Tourism in Azurduy

Jason says: Okay, I might as well make this a journal entry… I just returned from the campo and it turned out to be quite a little adventure. Should I write this in English o debo escribirlo en castellano? Mejor que yo practique el español......

2004-04-10 - Copper Mountain, Colorado - CopperFest

Jeff says: As the season wraps up, many of the resorts have parties involving live music, drinking in the sun, jump contests, etc. We decided to do it up right for the last day at Copper. Ian and I played in the kiddie park and got...

2004-04-03 - Sucre, Bolivia - Party in the city!

Jason says: The occasion here is a going away party for one of the volunteers that was about to leave. I helped Andrew make up some sangria for the party. I think the theme of the party was something like "tragos del mundo" or drinks from aro...

2004-04-02 - Florida Keys, Florida - Campin' in the keys

Jeff says: For Laura's spring break we flew down to Ft Lauderdale to camp out in the keys. We spent a couple of nights in Ft Lauderdale where we checked out the AVP tourney, stopping briefly at the everglades before heading down the keys to...

2004-03-30 - La Paz, Bolivia - Chile vs Bolivia

Jason says: So this is the highlight of the trip, our reason for being in La Paz. Bolivia was matched up against Chile for a World Cup eliminatory game. The result wasn't quite what we were hoping... Chile beat Bolivia but we still had good t...

2004-03-28 - La Paz, Bolivia - Loco en La Paz

Jason says: I took a short vacation to La Paz to see the national team play against Chile. This is an event that our group had been planning since training, more than three months earlier. We still had a good group of people on board, includi...

2004-03-24 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Site visit

Jason says: Cortny, the to-be volunteer in Azurduy, arrived for her two-day site visit in Azurduy. We first met when I walked into the alcaldia and I saw her sitting in one of the offices by herself. It turns out that her Bolivian counterpart...

2004-03-16 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Cinti Calle

Jason says: Here are some fotos of one of the so-called attractions in Azurduy. The place is called Cinti Calle -- I think -- and, as you can see, there are just a bunch of rocks and rock formations. Not all that exciting, but I decided I wou...

2004-03-15 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Jason says: Another little celebration in Azurduy. This time we celebrated the famous woman, Doña Juana Azurduy de Padilla. She was famous for (unsuccessfully) fighting off the attacking Spanish conquistadors. We had a parade in which I marc...

2004-03-03 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Ian's Pics

Jeff says: Ian left his pictures here, so I scanned some in... Pictures are from Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, and Keystone....

2004-03-01 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Back in Coch

Jason says: I was already tired of La Paz...without having Joel to hang out with it just wasn´t as fun...plus, I still had this fucking cold that was hanging on for the past month. So I thought the climate in Cochabamba would help. I had to ...

2004-02-28 - La Paz, Bolivia - Wild Animals

Jason says: I was bummed to see Joel leave...we had one more night on the town, staying out all night getting drunk with a couple of Bolivians and this Swiss girl before Joel had to catch his plane. I went to the zoo with this boliviana that...

2004-02-27 - La Paz, Bolivia - More Downhill

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2004-02-26 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Lala's Pix

Yeff says: Laura got a digital camera that she occasionally uses. Here are some pictures from New Year's to leap year....

2004-02-25 - La Paz, Bolivia - Downhill Danger

Jason says: Here´s the bike tour of a lifetime... I have to had it to Joel in his relentless pursuit to find a bike tour for his last day in Bolvia. We had returned from Copacabana with no time to plan for a tour. We woke up at like 6 am and ...

2004-02-23 - Copacabana, Bolivia - More of Copacabana

Jason says: Here´s the rest of Copacabana... We also visited the cathedral. ...

2004-02-22 - Copacabana, Bolivia - Copacabana

Jason says: Carnaval!!!!! I was so stoked to find out that Joel was coming up for the big Carnaval celebration in Oruro. He was on his way back from Antarctica and found a flight from Santiago to La Paz. So we hooked up in Oruro. Honestly, th...

2004-02-14 - Copper Mountain, Colorado - Union Bowl

Jeff says: Laura and I went to Winter Park and took a few pictures....

2004-02-07 - Winter Park, Colorado - BFC in da house

Jeff says: I met up with Ian and his buddy Steve for a weekend at my condo in Winter Park. We rode hard Saturday and Sunday at Mary Jane, and kicked back at Deno's Mountain Bistro. Saturday night at the Bistro, Ian, Steve, and I pu...

2004-01-29 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Virgen de Candelaria

Jason says: Here´s the pueblo´s biggest party of the year -- the celebration of the Virgen of Candelaria. The party lasts a full week, with parades, dancing, and drinking. I stuck around for the first couple of days of the celebration then to...

2004-01-17 - Ixtapa, Mexico - Pedals on the Pillow

Jeff says: Chip and I were playing v-ball at the Island as we did quite a bit coming onto unemployment in the fall of '03 when a newly intorduced friend of ours, Kamala, asked us if we were going to go to Ixtapa for the '04 trip. Chip and I...

2004-01-04 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Waterfalls, Mountains, and Chicha

Jason says: It turns out that I spent quite a bit of time in Azurduy at the beginning... I was there for about seven weeks straight, which I later found out is a lot longer than most volunteers stay in the site without going to the city. I wa...

2004-01-01 - Breckenridge, Colorado - New Year's 2004

Jeff says: Here's some photos from New Year's oh-four. Surf 'n turf--steak and crab legs for dinner and then to the bars. Thanks, Carin, for the photos!...

2003-12-17 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Hills in Azurduy

Jason says: Back in Azurduy... At this point I had my regular schedule of teaching a couple hours of class in the morning, and then about four or five more hours in the evening, giving me about six hours in the middle of the day free. Usuall...

2003-11-28 - Wolf Creek, Colorado - Wild Turkey

Jeff says: Laura, Ian, and I followed Scott and Nadine down to Wolf Creek for Thanksgiving. According to the nature of the holiday, Ian brought a bottle of Wild Turkey--and wild turkey calls were heard around the mountain....

2003-11-27 - Sucre, Bolivia - Turkey Day

Jason says: Thanksgiving in Bolivia! After just a week in our sites as official Peace Corp volunteers, we headed into the city for a Thanksgiving feast, American style. It was great that we were given turkeys to make it a true Thanksgiving ce...

2003-11-15 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Thug Life

Jason says: Here I´ve got some pictures of a few different things. First, my bedroom in Cuatro Esquinas. Then there is our last day of training at the training center. Next is our despedida (going away) party in Cochabamba... We had...

2003-11-08 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Fiesta for the Families

Jason says: We had a thank you party for our host families during training at the training center in Huayllani. We piled into a bus for the trip there and ate as soon as we arrived. Then the festivities began... We had certificates and photo...

2003-11-07 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Worlds Biggest Cristo

Jason says: Back in Cochabamba and were rapping up training, so we decide to talk our language teacher into doing somehting fun for our last day of class. We hiked the Cristo -- the biggest in the world, being just a tad higher than the one i...

2003-10-31 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Pump YOU Up

Jeff says: Ian and I joined Laura and friends for Halloween fun in Breckenridge. We almost didn't go, as it was the same day that I moved out of my place in Five Points. Ian and I had to fight rush-hour traffic, taking two trips between De...

2003-10-27 - Azurduy, Bolivia - Site Visit -- Azurduy

Jason says: Here´s my first glimpse of Azurduy...not quite as big as I was expecting, since my boss told me that there were 11,000 or so in the town and it turned out there were far less than 2,000. (They claim about 1,800 but I think this is...

2003-10-26 - Sucre, Bolivia - Sucre

Jason says: Okay, so I just lost all of my journal entries for this set of photos that I plan to put on the website... So it looks like I´m starting over from scratch. I had a lot of complaining to do about my Doña from my first family stay a...

2003-10-20 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Back in Coch

Jason says: Here we are back in Coch making Lasaña... Roxana and I had a bet for the football game and they tied... So, as a resutl, we both had to cook dinner. I cooked burritos and I helped her make lasaña... It turned out to be deliciou...

2003-10-18 - Asencion de Guarayos, Bolivia - Fin

Jason says: Here´s the end of the trip... We ended up staying in Guarayos an extra day due to all the political turmoil. But we were saved by the presidents resignation, stepping down to let the Vice Pres take over. The road blocks were cle...

2003-10-16 - Asencion de Guarayos, Bolivia - More Biz Sim

Jason says: We finished up the Biz Sim, and ended with a little festival going away party for the students, using some of their earnings......

2003-10-15 - Asencion de Guarayos, Bolivia - Biz Sim

Jason says: Here are some more fotos of our tech week. Some fotos of the hotel, some of class, some of our students selling their products......

2003-10-14 - Aspen, Colorado - Maroon Bells

Jeff says: Chip and I made the trip down to Aspen to see Warren Miller's latest flick. Before heading out, we checked out Maroon Bells....

2003-10-12 - Asencion de Guarayos, Bolivia - Simulacion de Negocios

Jason says: Before we started teaching classes, we spent a couple days touring around the area. First, we went to San Pablo, a super small town just outside of Guarayos, then headed to another small town about an hour away where we swam in o...

2003-10-09 - Asencion de Guarayos, Bolivia - Semana Tecnica

Jason says: Here´s our trip out to Santa Cruz for our Semana Tecnica... Santa Cruz was worlds apart from Cochabamba -- different climate, different people, different experience... We left Coch in the midst of some political unrest, ...

2003-10-06 - Arches, Utah - Arches

Jeff says: A trip to Moab isn't complete without taking a peak at Arches National Park. After that, Chip and I met up with Gary, Brooke, Billy, and Matt for some canyoneering just north of Lake Powell. In the picture you can see us...

2003-10-05 - Moab, Utah - Slick Rock

Jeff says: Chip and I--newly unemployed--decided to take some "time off" and go to Moab. We first stopped in Fruita, spent a couple of days in Moab, then went on to meet up with Gary, Brooke, Matt, and Billy for some canyoneering. On the w...

2003-10-04 - Marquina, Bolivia - Volleyball in Marquina

Jason says: Surprisingly, many of my fotos up til now are of Marquina although I lived in Cuatro Esquinas. Hmmm... Why would that be??? We went up to Marquina to visit the little rec center and play some Vball...we accidentally wen...

2003-10-03 - Tarata, Bolivia - Tarata

Jason says: Another class visit, this time a little less interesting. Our profe, Isabel, took Bree and I to the town of Tarata to talk to the local ceramic artesans.... The town was scenic but the ceramics not so interesting. The mo...

2003-10-01 - Denver, Colorado - Apex

Jeff says: Chip and I took an afternoon ride on Apex--with great views of Denver....

2003-09-26 - Marquina, Bolivia - El Poncho

Jason says: Here´s one of our more interesting language classes -- a visit to a place called El Poncho, a sustainable living community in Marquina owned by a Norwegian and Bolivian couple. The place was very interesting......

2003-09-24 - Tasmania, Australia - Tasmanian Devils

Jeff says: With a little help from our friend Leanne, Shion and I picked up our rent-a-wreck in Hobart and were on our way around the little island of Tasmania. Here are some pictures from our hike in the Cradle Mountain area, up Ma...

2003-09-23 - Melbourne, Australia - Penguin Island

Jeff says: Shion and I took a trip down to see the penguins on Phillip Island just south of Melbourne. Here are the pictures of the Nobbies, next to the penguin viewing area. We were lucky to see a penguin hiding under the boardwalk. When...

2003-09-22 - Melbourne, Australia - The Great Ocean Road

Jeff says: Here are the photos of the breathtakingly beautiful Great Ocean Road, just a day's trip south from Melbourne....

2003-09-21 - Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne

Jeff says: I met up with Shion in Melbourne and traveled around. We stayed with our gracious hosts, Gaetana and Jeremy just outside the city. Shion and I discovered a Cuban cigar bar and spent some time there. We took a day trip down the ...

2003-09-20 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Fun in 4 Esquinas

Jason says: Here are some random fotos......

2003-09-19 - Sydney, Australia - Kings Cross

Jeff says: My friends Gaetana and Jeremy got married in Melbourne and I was invited. I had enough accumulated miles to get a plane ticket, so I said why not? My first stop was in Sydney for a few days before flying down to Melbou...

2003-09-13 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Wandering Cochabamba

Jason says: So Mike and I wandered into Coch to visit the Cancha... just wanted to buy a few things. Me, a volleyball. And Mike, a coffee pot. We got our stuff and Mike, just out of the blue, decided to buy a dog. Meet Loba... ...

2003-09-12 - Denver, Colorado - J Lo

Jeff says: Here's a random shot of Joel (J Lo) at Clement Park for our 10-year high school reunion....

2003-09-07 - Marquina, Bolivia - El Dia Peatonal

Jason says: Here´s our little excursion to Marquina from 4 Esquinas during the Dia Peatonal. No transport, so we walked all the way to Marquina to meet up with the other volunteers and then back again......

2003-09-01 - Cochabamba, Bolivia - Peace Corps

Jason says: So here I am, in the Peace Corps... I´m actually on the verge of swearing in, with just about a week left of training, and will now recount some of the fun that went down over the past three months... First, I have my ho...

2003-08-18 - San Francisco, California - San Fran

Jason says: More scenery... and the Golden Gate Bridge. We spent just a couple of nights in San Fran where we wandered around the town, hit a few bars and clubs... All in all, it was truly an amazing trip. It´s too bad that I didn´...

2003-08-16 - RMNP, Colorado - Fish on!

Jeff says: Andy, Mike, Kim and I went to Rocky Mountain National Park for a little hikety-hike. We spent two nights. I brought the trusty tarp to share with Andy. It poured rain on us the second night, but the tarp held. The walk out was...

2003-08-13 - Uh?, California - Highway 1

Jason says: Here we are, cruising down Highway 1 toward San Fran... ...

2003-08-12 - Uh?, California - Welcome to Cali

Jason says: Chip and I hopped in I-5 so that we could cut down on time and get on in to California. We camped out on the Cali-Oregon border and then continued down the coast, hitting the legendary Highway 1... ...

2003-08-09 - Seaside, Oregon - Seaside!!!!

Jason says: Okay, so here we are at the almost legendary tournament -- Seaside. It´s seems to be the largest tournament ever, with nets lined up and down the coast. Chip and Dean warned me that it would just be an insanely crazy weekend com...

2003-08-05 - Pacific City, Oregon - Surf Safari Part 2

Jason says: Continued... Here we are chillin out at the camp, riding some more waves, having the time of our lives... ...

2003-08-04 - Pacific City, Oregon - Surf Safari

Jason says: And the Surf Safari begins... After the tourny, we headed back up the coast (North) to Pacific City where they had just finished up with a surfing competition and told us that this was one of the best surf spots around. ...

2003-08-02 - Chinook Winds, Oregon - VBall Tourny 1

Jason says: First stop on the trip -- Chinook Winds, the site of the first annual Chinook Winds Volleyball Tournament. And windy it was. The wind was so bad at one point, the team with the serve would almost surely win the game. (We played ...

2003-08-01 - Seattle, Washington - Road Trip of a Lifetime

Jason says: Here it is...the road trip of a lifetime. Chip and I set out to drive in his giant Ford F250 all the way from Seattle to San Diego -- in a time of three weeks... First, I had to help Chip pack up the truck and finish up ...

2003-07-26 - Bellmar, New Jersey - AVP Volleyball

Jason says: Continued... Here´s the shiznit that went down at bellmar... Tired as hell from sleepless, drunken nights... yet with just enough energy to pull one more all-nighter! ...

2003-07-25 - New York, New York - NYC Randy Style

Jason says: Just a few kays after graduation, I flew out to NYC to visit Randy Carlson -- The Man, The Legend. Randy was able to take off work to hang out and show me aroung the big city. We started it off right and did it up on the first n...

2003-07-19 - Denver, Colorado - Summer Party 2003

Jason says: After graduation, it was time to celebrate. Jeff and I threw a little party at our pad and bought a piñata to spice things up a bit. The piñata was Sponge-Bob Square Pants filled with candies (and other goodies). We had a pony ...

2003-07-12 - Denver, Colorado - Wakeboarding on Chatfield

Jeff says: Andy's dad took Jason, Andy and I out to Chatfield one early Sunday morning to try wakeboarding. The water was cold--especially that early in the morning, but definitely worth the trouble....

2003-06-14 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Rafting the Upper Coloradoo

Jason says: Continued... And the journy continues... Jeff´s car had been broken into during the night of drunkenness although, oddly, nothing was stolen out of the care. As mentioned, we cruised on out to do our little rafti...

2003-06-13 - Breckenridge, Colorado - Long Time Gone...

Jason says: Jason´s back...wow, it seems like a lifetime since this summer. Here were some of my thoughts about the summer during my flight to Seattle (after my trip to NY, etc)... I´m still tired from my trip out to NY but for some...

2003-06-07 - Denver, Colorado - Kayaking lessons

Jeff says: Jason and I took a Kayak lesson on the upper Colorado River just outside Kremmling....

2003-06-06 - Red Rocks, Colorado - Cold Play

Jason says: Cold Play turned out to be a cold concert... It was a great show but we were all a little soggy afterward. Allyson and Kate were nice enought to join us for the concert but they skipped out at the beginning and ditched us when it ...

2003-05-31 - Fairplay, Colorado - Memo: Epic Journey Down Browns Canyon on the Arkansas

Jason says: So Ian invited us to take a little rafting trip on the Arkansas... He provided the raft, we split up into two cars and headed up to Mom and Dad's cabin Friday night. We had some great food, chilled at the cabin and then met Laura ...

2003-05-26 - Denver, Colorado - Memorial Day BBQ

Jason says: It was nice to relax with my family after returning from my trip to Europe. We went to Mel and Rick's house and hung out with some friends and famiy there......

2003-05-22 - Barcelona, Spain - Al Fin

Jason says: Here's the end of our trip. A tour to Olympic Stadium, one last night in Barca, and then back to Nice where we encountered Superman....

2003-05-21 - Barcelona, Spain - Parc Guell

Jason says: Another day of touring Barca -- this time at Parc Guell, a park built on a hill with some very interesting (alice-in-wonderland-like) structures......

2003-05-20 - Barcelona, Spain - Sagrada Familia

Jason says: Here's one of our days in Barca... a visit to Gaudi's famous Sagrada Familia, as well as a couple of his other buildings....

2003-05-15 - Nice, France - Nice to Barcelona

Jason says: Here is proof that we did study while in Nice -- some quality time at the beach. We took our final on Friday and then took off that some night to Barcelona......

2003-05-11 - Nice, France - Various Happenings

Jason says: Here are just a couple of photos from various things that we did while in Nice -- such as a trip to Cannes and some fun at the Orion... ...

2003-05-10 - Monaco, Monaco - Monaco and Monte Carlo

Jason says: We went from St Paul de Vince on to Monaco where we toured the main square and then went to the casino in Monte Carlo. From there, we went out to a restaurant/club in Monaco. We were originally thinking about getting a h...

2003-05-09 - St Paul de Vence, France - The Fortress

jason says: We took advantage of one of our free days with a planned excursion to St Paul de Vence -- an old town that was rebuilt to preserve its walls and structures. It's definitely a beautiful tourist attraction. ...

2003-05-06 - Nice, France - Stinky Cheese

Jason says: Okay, okay... So maybe we didn't do a lot of studying? Looking at these photos, you can see that we spent a bit of time drinking and some time relaxing -- at the beach....

2003-05-03 - Nice, France - European Business: Nice

Jason says: Here's my little trip to France for a European Business course with my 11-month MBA program. It's a two-week course in Nice in which we had the opportunity to experience business in Europe first-hand while learning about all the t...

2003-04-20 - Denver, Colorado - Easter y otras curiosidades

Jeff says: These are basically shots that I took to finish off the roll of film. There's a couple of pictures from Easter at Aunt Candy's. La foto de mi limpiando es una prueba para Encarni que de verdad limpiaba......

2003-04-12 - Snowmass, Colorado - SnowBash 2003

Jeff says: Here's a few of my pics from the 2003 edition of SnowBASH. Once again thanks go out to Scottie McRae for organizing everything. This year was pretty laid back for me. The same routine: go out in Snowmass Friday night, snowboard...

2003-04-04 - Vail, Colorado - Chip's in the house

Jeff says: As usual, Chip popped into town unexpectedly. Unfortunately, this time the purpose was not pleasure. His Mom was in the hospital after a bad car accident. She's going through therapy to get her movement back. I hope she heals ...

2003-03-26 - Spain, Spain - No sleep till.. Spain?

Jeff says: The rain in Spain stays mostly on the plain. And rain it did while I was in Spain. Even in some of the most arid regions where I was assured that it never rains, guess what happened? Well the first few days were definit...

2003-03-18 - Denver, Colorado - Blizzard O 03

Jason says: It's hard to believe that we're in the middle of a drought with weather like this. We were hit with nearly three feet in Denver and the mountains were slammed with up to five feet. This just goes to prove once again that March is...

2003-03-09 - Alma, Colorado - Hoosier Pass

Jason says: Thanks to Joe for the idea to go snowshoeing over the weekend! Ending my relatively uneventful spring break, Jeff and I decided to head up to the parent's cabin for a night. We took off Saturday morning for Breck where we made a...

2003-03-04 - New Orleans, Louisiana - Mardi Gras

Jeff says: Damn, what about JOE last night!? Here are the scenes from the Mardi Gras pub crawl. We were actually in Denver, not New Orleans. This may be as close as I get to the real Mardi Gras... Joe talked it up and mad...

2003-02-19 - Salt Lake City, Utah - Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Jeff says: A shout out to Scott for great photos. We couldn't have had a more perfect day for this hike up Mill Creek, just a little ways up Big Cottonwood canyon. It wasn't looking too promising with such a slow start in the morni...

2003-02-18 - Salt Lake City, Utah - Utah Saints

Jeff says: Hmm, the pictures here look like they could be a promo for Snowbird Resort. Beautiful views, powdery snow, and even a silly tram. Yep, snowbirds got it all, back bowls, front bowls, ropes, rocks... We had some nice snow...

2003-02-17 - Salt Lake City, Utah - The People Under the Stairs

Jeff says: Thanks to Harrell for hooking us up with the trip to Salt Lake City. Yep, there's nothing like skiing/riding/hiking during the day, then having a cold one in the hottub--for 4 days straight. Jeff hooked everyone up with a house ...

2003-02-01 - Denver, Colorado - Indian Summer

Jason says: What a stroke of luck... A sixty degree day on the first of February! A few of us from school were having a few drinks after class on a Friday and we decided to get together over the weekend. I provided the house, every...

2003-01-11 - Denver, Colorado - B-School Holiday Party

Jason says: Here are a few shots from our holiday party. I didn't pull out the camera til a little later so we only see the hard-core partiers here... We spent most of the night at the Sugar Lounge, adjacent to the Rhino Room. ...

2003-01-01 - Denver, Colorado - New Years- Part 2

Jeff says: Here's the rest of the photos from New Year's....

2002-12-31 - Denver, Colorado - New Year's Eve

Jeff says: We didn't have any solid plans for New Years Eve this year. Our good friends were having a pajama party up in Boulder at the Claremont household. There were two problems with going to the party in Boulder. One, it was in Boulde...

2002-10-11 - Denver, Colorado - Salsa Dancin at Sevilla

Jason says: Finally... I've got some fotos to prove that I do go out here in Denver. Here's just a couple of them courtesy of DenverMix.com. This was the last day of class for our first term so there was no question that my intent ...

2002-08-17 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado - Tarps rule!!!

Jeff says: Mike, Kim, Ryan, Nelle, and I did a two-night backpacking trip into Rocky Mountain National Park's East Inlet Trail. We hiked in about 4 miles, then spent two nights at the same campsite, hiking to the upper lakes. <...

2002-08-13 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado - Shion in the Park

Jeff says: The MIT bigwig, Shion, graced us with his presence over a few days. After moving out to Boston and going to MIT for his MBA, Shion tells me that he changed completely. Instead of being the home-body that I once knew, he said tha...

2002-08-10 - Denver, Colorado - LoDo

Jeff says: I guess this doesn't fit in with the travel theme, but instead a typical weekend living in Denver. Sorry, no pictures of Jason in action working his magic on the ladies. These pictures come from my neighbor, Nelle, so I ...

2002-08-02 - Macchu Picchu, Peru - Machu Picchu

Jason says: We headed out for our final day on the Inca Trail just before the break of dawn in route to Machu Picchu. We spent half the day touring Machu Picchu. It was cool to see first-hand the significance of the Inca Empire. It...

2002-07-31 - Inca Trail, Peru - Camino Inka

Jason says: Four days on the Inca Trail. I had heard from many travellers that it would be a tough hike and that it would be completely worth it. I was thinking that it wouldn't be all that tough for me, being from Colorado where I'...

2002-07-28 - Cuzco, Peru - The Inca Empire

Jason says: This is the city I had heard the most about in Peru. The capital city of the empire of the Incas. Unfortunately, I took an overnight bus to Cuzco. I didn't sleep so well on the bus and arrived at about 3 a.m. I was dea...

2002-07-25 - Taquile, Peru - Taquile (not Tequila!)

Jason says: Here you will see pictures of my tour to the Island of Taquile, including the islands of the Uros people... The islands of the Uros people are floating islands just off the coast of the lake. These islands are floating b...

2002-07-24 - Puno, Peru - Puno

Jason says: Puno. The port city on Lake Titicaca, told to be the highest navigable lake in the world. The most noticeable thing at this elevation (around 13000 feet) was the cold. Everyone in Arequipa warned me about the cold, so I knew to...

2002-07-21 - Colca Canyon, Peru - Colca Canyon

Jason says: After finishing my classes and before leaving Arequipa, I went on an organized tour to the Colca Canyon, arguably the worlds deepest. I was off to a bad start after going out the night before to a discoteca and getting to...

2002-07-17 - Arequipa, Peru - My Family in Peru

Jason says: I really enjoyed my stay in Arequipa. Although it was difficult at times, for example, feeling like an idiot at the dinner table w/ my family b/c I couldn't understand, I fully enjoyed the experience of immersing myself in their ...

2002-07-13 - Nazca, Peru - Peruvian Tourism -- A Hoax?

Jason says: I soon discover the inefficiency of Latin America that I'd heard so much about in college. I arrived in Nazca about 2 hours late! But at least the buses are organized (which is more than I can say about the buses I took in Costa...

2002-07-12 - Lima, Peru - A Dirty, Sprawling Mess

Jason says: Lima. I was warned about this city by Lonely Planet. I think the guide said something about Lima being unimpressive with few attractions and little to do. That's an understatement! I started in Lima, got off the plane,...

2002-06-05 - London, England - Baths

Jeff says: Okay, so I'm putting this stuff in nearly a year later. I just haven't been using my camera much. Here are some of the pics from my visit out to England to see Ali. Highlights of the trip: o Bizarre Bath wal...

2002-05-08 - Fairplay & Colorado Springs, Colorado - Vacation in Colorado

Jason says: Here are some pics from my week off in May... Didn't go anywhere, just stayed close to Denver, going to my parents' 'cabin' in Fairplay, and cruising down to the Springs to visit Garden of the Gods. ...

2002-05-04 - Boulder, Colorado - Kinetics

Jason says: Kinetics! The annual event in Boulder to kick off the summer in which a bunch of crazy people race across the res and back around. I don't know anyone who has actually watched the race. A lot of people there didn't even know th...

2002-04-13 - Snowmass, Colorado - Snowmass 2002

Jason says: Once again, Snowmass turned out to be a wild and crazy time full of drinking, snowboarding, drinking, hot-tubbin, drinking, grillin, drinking, and partying... I drove up with Katie, Jeff, and Sarah accompanying me. We too...

2002-03-17 - Copper Mountain, Colorado - Lunch at Copper

Jason says: Ali was visiting from London, so we all went up snowboarding at Copper......

2002-03-06 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Back to Hawaii

Jason says: So Katie found this great deal to Hawaii and asked if I wanted to go. Sure, why not? I just had to get to Boston first. I ended up flying from Denver to Boston and THEN to Hawaii (stopping over in Salt Lake). Seems kind of cra...

2002-01-18 - Aspen-ish, Colorado - Hut Trip 101

Jason says: So this was my first-ever hut trip. My friend Tanya had invited me to a hut trip the year before but I wasn't able to make it. I wasn't so sure about hiking at like 9000 feet only a few weeks after returning from my travels in E...

2001-12-12 - London, England - Happy Birthday!

Jason says: So Jeff and I hopped on a plane from Madrid to the London airport. From there, we hopped on a train into London and found the nearest hostel -- The Generator. This place was cool. It had it all. Bar, restaurant, Intern...

2001-11-28 - Madrid, Spain - Back to School

Jason says: Last stop, Madrid. This was the plan. After our road trip, Jeff and I had planned to settle down in Madrid for a few weeks before returning home. So we did... We arranged for a flat in the middle of the city and booked...

2001-11-22 - San Sebastian, Spain - Pintxos

Jason says: Let's see... What did I do in San Sebastian? First off, I have to tell that San Sebastian is much, much different from the rest of Spain that I had seen and experienced for the past 2 months. It was green, lush, and alwa...

2001-11-21 - Pamplona, Spain - Walking of the Bulls

Jason says: From Zaragoza, we were headed for San Sebastian. But we decided to stop in Pamplona along the way. No, we weren't there for its notorious running of the bulls, seeing as we had missed it by about 5 months. But Pamplona ...

2001-11-20 - Zaragoza, Spain - Zaragoza

Jason says: No good stories about Zaragoza. It just happened to be one of Spain's most beautiful cities that I came across. Complete with impressive old town squares, parks, and a large river, I really felt like I could spend some m...

2001-11-19 - Morella, Spain - A Complete Fortress

Jason says: We drove from Valencia North, missed our exit on the highway and were soon on our way to Barcelona. But quickly realizing our mistake, we turned around, made the exit, and were soon headed inland towards the mountains. The road ...

2001-11-16 - Valencia, Spain - Hay Parques en Valencia!

Jason says: After leaving Murcia, we took a quick stop in a town called Elche, known for it's abundance of palm trees. It did, indeed, have lots of Palms but there wasn't anything that really caught our attention there. We were thin...

2001-11-13 - Murcia, Spain - Lo Pagan and Buena Comida en Murcia

Jason says: Murcia was a good city. We didn't do anything all that interesting there but did find some of the best food in Southern Spain. Our time in Murcia was all about trying the cuisine. We ate at some pretty fancy restaurants...

2001-11-11 - Cazorla, Spain - Cascadas

Jason says: Cazorla wasn't quite what I expected from a mountain town. It was densely populated and enclosed in a fortress with narrow winding cobblestone streets. We checked into the cheapest hotel listed in the guide book and soon...

2001-11-10 - Cazorla, Spain - Diverse Landscapes

Jason says: Okay, I've been telling people about the diversity of the landscape in Spain; about how you can go from the beach to mountains to desert in half a day. I think you will see what I mean from these pics. We left the beach ...

2001-11-08 - Cabo de Gata, Spain - Last Beach Day

Jason says: After Jeff and I got our rental car in Granada, we set out for Cabo de Gata, an area along the Southern coast I had heard lots of good things about from the locals. So we checked it out. We found some remote motels sitti...

2001-10-23 - Perugia, Italy - Jeffrey in Perusia

Jason says: So I found these pics just sitting on the web site with no journal entry (and therefore not appearing on the website). They're Jeff's. So here they:...

2001-10-21 - Naples, Italy - Napoli

Jeff says: It was difficult to get out of bed that morning, but I was looking forward to seeing Naples. The city that people either love or hate. I liked it. We stopped off to view some cathedrals (yawn), saw some beautiful views up on th...

2001-10-20 - Pompei, Italy - Pompei - A City Frozen in Time

Jeff says: One of my Spanish friends and classmates at the Italian School in Perugia, Encarni, was kind enough to invite me on the organized school trip to Pompei/Naples. I said what the heck--it would be only a handful of grueling hours on...

2001-10-20 - Almunecar, Spain - Costa de Plastico

Jason says: I took my second weekend trip with my friend Cristina who I met through an exchange to learn Spanish (and for her English). She was nice enough to drive me to the beach town of Almunecar. We spent time hanging out at the beach, ...

2001-10-17 - La Alhambra, Spain - La Alhambra

Jason says: Okay, I visited the Alhambra on at least three different occasions. The first time I went by myself. I had ordered my ticket online but there was some kind of error and I never received any confirmation on the purchase. ...

2001-10-13 - Rome, Italy - All Roads Lead to Rome

Jeff says: So I had been in Italy for quite some time. The last couple of weeks I was taking Italian classes at the foreign university in Perugia. Ever since the waitress dropped and broke my camera in Siena, I didn't take too many picture...

2001-10-05 - Alpujaras, Spain - Alpujaras, Sierra Nevada

Jason says: My first weekend, I took a road trip with my friends Franko (flat mate from Aspen), Pal (Norwegian student at Univ), and the crazy Fin. We camped one night in the Alpujaras where we all froze our asses off except for Pal ...

2001-10-01 - Granada, Spain - La Ciudad sin Arboles

Jason says: Granada, at last! I finally made it to the destination where I planned to spend some time. I was hoping that I would like the city because I didn't want to hop on another train or bus for a while. Unfortunately, I hated...

2001-09-26 - Barcelona, Spain - Back in Barca!

Jason says: Back to Barcelona. This time I stayed in a hostel near the medieval neighborhood. I did some drinking, shopping, and went to the beach. I met this crazy Canadian guy and almost ended up going to Ibiza with him. On to Granada.....

2001-09-23 - Nice, France - Finally in France!

Jason says: Okay, I had already crossed through the entire southern part of France twice without stopping. So this time, I made a point to stop in one city. I picked Nice -- I heard it's nice. Once in Nice, I wandered around town u...

2001-09-22 - Savona, Italy - King of the Castle

Jason says: let's see... It's been a long time since I was I made my trek from Cinque Terre to Granada. Here's what I remember: My first stop was a small town called Savona in the northwestern part of Italy, near the border of Fran...

2001-09-15 - Siena, Italy - Siena

Jeff says: Siena was, well, a bit disappointing. It's a very nice town, but I felt suffocated by the concrete walls and all the tourists. Even its famous piazza is very nice, but there's too much concrete. We went to the piazza and the ca...

2001-09-14 - Florence, Italy - Florence & Pisa

Jeff says: After 5 Terre, we hopped on a train for Pisa. We stopped in Pisa, saw the leaning tower, ate some bad food, then hopped on a train for Florence. The leaning tower isn't much more impressive in person than in photos. And it rain...

2001-09-12 - Cinque Terre, Italy - All Roads Lead to CinqueTerre

Jason says: They have a saying in Italy that all roads lead to Rome. This may be true, but for our visit in Italy, it seemed that all roads led to Cingue Terre. After the short trip to 5 Terre back on June 12th, I was excited to get...

2001-09-11 - Cinque Terre, Italy - Cinque Terre & Rick Steves

Jeff says: So this would be the second time for Jason and I to visit my favorite place in Italy, the 5 Terre. Last time we only spent one night, but this time we would have more time. When we first arrived, we got off in Vernazza t...

2001-09-09 - Varenna, Italy - Varenna & Milan

Jeff says: After hiking the Dolomites, we stopped for a night in Milan--just to take a quick look. We saw the Duomo, some stores, etc. Yes, another big city. Let's go to Varenna! Varenna was beautiful. Lake Como e bellis...

2001-09-09 - Varenna, Italy - Lago di Como

Jason says: Lake Como was impressive, as was the village of Varenna. We were back in a small town which meant that it was time to chill. We visisted the beach and the castle where we had an impressive viw of teh lake below and the surroundi...

2001-09-08 - Milan, Italy - Milano

Jason says: Let´s see... Milan. We (Jeff, Sarah, Mel and I) spent one night in Milan at the fascist Mussolini-style youth hostile. Okay, it wasn´t so bad, but it wasn´t the friendlist place in the world nor was it convenient. They kick eve...

2001-09-07 - Castelrotto, Italy - Italian Dolomites

Jeff says: Ahh, the Italian Dolomites. The dolomites were beautiful. We spent two nights--long enough to get a good day hike in and to enjoy some good italian food in this German-speaking area of Italy. The one thing that I didn't...

2001-09-06 - Castelrotto, Italy - Dolomites

Jason says: The Dolomites are a very tranquil place to visit, especially the village of Castelrotto. Castelrotto is a resort town surrouned by rock mountains (not unlike the Rockies in Colorado) where tourists visit to get away from the city...

2001-09-05 - Venice, Italy - Lost in Venice

Jeff says: I was happy to leave the big city of Budapest. We arrived in Venice early in the morning after a night train from Budapest via Vienna. We checked into a hotel near the station and set off to explore. Venice is romantic ...

2001-09-04 - Venice, Italy - Water Skiing, Venice Style

Jason says: After taking an expensive night train from Budapest ($110), we (Jeff, Sarah, Mel and I) arrived in Venice. Venice is quite a bit different than any city I´ve seen. Upon stepping out of the train station, the conttrast is obvious...

2001-09-01 - Budapest, Hungary - Hungry in Budapest

Jeff says: Jason and I got into Budapest on the last day of August, at night--after seeing the beautiful little town of Kosice (sp?), Slovakia. We checked into the Cozy (and smelly) Hostel, had some beer with the other travellers and wen...

2001-08-31 - Budapest, Hungary - Budapest or Bust

Jason says: My plan in Budapest was to simply meet up with Sarah and Mel to follow them around on their 3 week vacation. I though it would be nice to let someone else decide what to do and follow their itinerary. We saw some sites. ...

2001-08-29 - Kosice, Slovakia - Kosice!

Jason says: After our trek through the Tatras, we headed for the quiet Slovakian town of Kosice. The city center was beautiful, the food and beer were cheap, and the women beautiful. What else is there to say? ...

2001-08-28 - Zakopane, Poland - Trek thru the Tatras

Jason says: Jeff and I met back up in Krakow where we decided to set out for the mountains of Poland. We stopped for a night in Zakopane -- a mountain town overrun with Polish tourists (but it is their country, after all). We were h...

2001-08-27 - Zakopane, Poland - Tatras

Jeff says: Jason and I were ready for a mountain hike in the Tatra mountains--part of the Carpathian range. We decided we'd attempt to cross the mountains from Poland into Slovakia. After one night in Krakow, I arrived in Zakopane.

2001-08-25 - Krakow, Poland - Sleepless in Krakow

Jeff says: I didn't spend a lot of time in Krakow. I arrived in the morning and was tired form the restless journey, but couldn't sleep. So I just wnadered around, checking out all the tourist sites. Nice town, but it felt touristy after ...

2001-08-23 - Krakow, Poland - More Brits and Australians

Jason says: While in Krakow, I toured the sites with my roommates, couple of Brits and, later on with a couple of Australians. I saw the old town of Krakow with an intact castle. Krakow was a little overrun with tourists, as was Auschwitz, ...

2001-08-22 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Vilnius

Jeff says: I was pleasantly surprised to see Jason when Sharni and I walked into the youth hostel. I spent 3 nights in Vilnius. The first night--after Jason gave Sharni & I a quick tour of the town-we went out for Indian food. I must have...

2001-08-19 - Klaipieda, Lithuania - Coronian Spit

Jeff says: Sharni and I arrived in Klaipieda exhausted, but were happy to check into a hotel and catch a nap and shower. We had a good American dinner before wandering the streets. Anice little port town, but I was eager to get to the beach...

2001-08-18 - Riga, Latvia - Riga 800 Festival

Jeff says: What luck that I ended up in Latvia just in time to celebrate their 800th anniversary. And I never would have known if it weren't for Mara & Mike. They invited to join them in the festivities and I said, "why not?" I talked Sha...

2001-08-18 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Blah Blah

Jason says: I took a 10 hour train from Tallinn to Vilnius -- not a fun ride, except for the nice people I met. One was an Estonain girl, the other a Lithuanian who I found out had an identical twin just like me! Vilnius was pretty ...

2001-08-17 - Lahemaa National Park, Estonia - Use the Fat Guy

Jason says: For some reason, I was dran to Estonia´s National park. Maybe it´s because I´m from Colo, maybe because I wanted to get away from the city for a while. Anyway, I went to the bus station and missed my bus by like 30 secon...

2001-08-16 - Sigulda, Latvia - Latvian Landscapes

Jeff says: Right now, I find myself in a friendly Latvian home in the beautiful town of Sigulda, just an hour's train ride east of Riga. I decided to come to this little forested hideaway to escape the big cities, especially after b...

2001-08-15 - Sigulda, Latvia - Merrily, merrily, merrily...

Jeff says: Ahhh, a peaceful canoe trip down the beautiful river of Sigulda, Latvia. This day is actually described in the Aug 16 Sigulda journal entry, but I thought I would add a separate entry just to handle all the pictures. It was abou...

2001-08-15 - Keila-Joa, Estonia - Niagra Falls

Jason says: I made a day trip to the town that was jokingly called the Niagra falls of Estonia, Keila Joa. I must have been the only wourist on the bus and admittedly had a difficult time finding where and when the bus left Tallinn. ...

2001-08-14 - Tallinn, Estonia - Not Much

Jason says: Nothing to write home about in tallinn. It is definitely a nedc town with it´s old town, winding cobbled streets. I hang out witha couple Brits -- actually one Brit girl and a guy from Isle of Man -- a small Island halfwa...

2001-08-11 - Suzdal, Russia - Welcome, Suzdal!

Jeff says: Welcome, Suzdal! This is what the guy told Jason on the phone after he booked us a room in some slum hotel in the beautiful town of Suzdal. Suzdal is one of the picturesque towns that makes of the Golden Ring of towns outside o...

2001-08-11 - Suzdal, Russia - Hotel Horror, Partying Russian Style, Wandering Suzdal

Jason says: HOTEL HORROR Jeff and I decided to hit a small town outside of giant Moscow, so we chose Suzdal as our destination. We almost didn´t make it to Suzdal. First, we thought there were plenty of trains going in that directi...

2001-08-07 - Moscow, Russia - of Metros and the madnes of Moscow

Jeff says: I arrived in Moscow feeling refreshed from the first class comfort of a Russian overnight train. I was excited to be out of St Petersburg and onto something new. I was excited to be deeper into Russia and to visit a city of some...

2001-08-07 - Moscow, Russia - Arrival to Moscow

Jason says: A city of over 10 million people. Some say it´s clser to 15 but I guess it depends on who you´re counting. They get millions of tourists in Moscow, the main attraction being Red Square and the Kremlin. I think Jeff and ...

2001-08-02 - St Petersburg, Russia - Arrival to Petersburg

Jason says: Finally. We made it to Russia. Up until now we´ve been loosely planning our trip around our stay in Russia. And now it´s time to get it over with -- or, at least, that was my thinking when I first arrived at the train station i...

2001-08-02 - St Petersburg, Russia - Sankt Peterburg

Jeff says: Just a warning... Im getting lazy here and putting only one journal entry for all of St Petersburg. I spent about a week in St Pete. Enjoy. Jason and I arrived in St Petersburg after a restful train from Helsinki. I fel...

2001-07-31 - Helsinki, Finland - Helsinki Haircut

Jeff says: Trying to remember what we did in Helsinki... Oh yeah, since we did the tourist bus yesterday, we had some errands to run today. Jason and I went and got haircuts so that we would not have to worry about it in Russia. Then we bo...

2001-07-30 - Helsinki, Finland - Lost Luggage

Jason says: In Helsinki we dropped our bags at the Viking ferry terminal and headed into town. We grabbed some lunch and took a bus tour of the city. They showed us all the popular sites, not doing them much justice from the inside of a bus...

2001-07-29 - Stockholm, Sweden - Home Sweet Stockholm

Jason says: Stockholm seeemed to be just as we had lift it -- beautiful and sunny and warm -- almost too warm. We caught up on Internet stuff and headed for our 14 hour cruise boat to Helsinki. We decided to reserve a cabin -- not wanting t...

2001-07-28 - Narvick, Norway - Transit Time

Jason says: We decided to get out of Tromso and head south for Helsinki, stopping in Stockholm then onto St Pete's. We took a 4.5 bus to Narvick, an 18 hour night train to Stockholm (without a bed). ...

2001-07-27 - Tromso, Norway - Friends in Tromso

Jeff says: Jason and I met Bente and Kjersty at a bar in Tromso the night before. I met up with them again today at a cafe. Its said that the people in Tromso are different than in the rest of Norway--more open and friendly. I would defin...

2001-07-27 - Tromso, Norway - Hiking in Tromso

Jason says: Another cold, rainy day in Tromso. Jeff and I split up -- he went to meet up with the women from last night while I met up with one of the girls we met in Bronnoysund. Maria introduced me to some of her friends and then we went ...

2001-07-26 - Tromso, Norway - Fresh Shrimp -- At last!

Jason says: Today we checked out of the hostel because it was reserved by someione -- we made it out at 11 am, one hour past checkout; then booked a room at a 'private home'. While in town, Jeff and I finally were abel to get our shr...

2001-07-25 - Tromso, Norway - Rain, rain, go away!

Jason says: We finally arrived at our destination, Tromso, which truned out to be the furthest North we would travel. Unfortunately, it was raining, as it had been all day, and it didn't let up until later. We checked into the hoste...

2001-07-24 - In Route to Tromso, Norway - Good Ole Hurtigruten

Jason says: Back on the Hurtigruten (coastal steamer) where it was the same old routine. We would search for the best couch to sleep on (if we were lucky enough to find one) and try to sleep among all the other cabin-less passengers.

2001-07-23 - Bronnoysund, Norway - Swamp Land

Jason says: During our stay in Bronnoysund, Vigdis and Edward made sure Jeff and I were well fed. It seemed that we had 4 or 5 meals a day. They were extremely generous hosts, to say the least. Today, Jeff and I drove around in wha...

2001-07-22 - Bronnoysund, Norway - Moose Safari

Jason says: We visited our hosts' daughter where their grandson took us on a quick safari for Moose-Elk (They call them Elk; to us, they are Moose) where Jeff and I saw our first wild Moose -- 2 of them in fact. Sorry, didn't get any photos ...

2001-07-21 - Bronnoysund, Norway - The Legend of Torghatten

Jason says: Afer taking a long train then an even longer bus, Jeff and I arrived in Bronnoysund around 5 pm. We found our hosts next to the Shell gas station, just as they had told us. Our hosts, Vigdis and Edward, lived above Edwar...

2001-07-20 - Trondheim, Norway - Inter-Rail Student Center

Jason says: The hostel was an interesting thing because the building wasn't officially owned by anyone. It was controlled by a large group of students who decided how to run it. In the summer they rent beds to backpackers and during the sch...

2001-07-19 - Trondheim, Norway - On to Trondheim

Jason says: We arrived in Trondheim tonight, checked into the Inter-Rail Center, a hostel run by the university....

2001-07-18 - Molde, Norway - Molde and the Jazz Fest

Jason says: In Molde, we saw the Jazz festival. BB King played and we caught a little of the performance outside of the open-air amphitheatre....

2001-07-17 - Molde, Norway - Hurtigruten!

Jason says: This Norwegian coastal steamer (Hurtigruten) is the closest Iäve been to a cruise ship. They classify it asa transort for goods and people but what I saw was a crise ship for retired Germans and Americans. We stopped at a few pl...

2001-07-16 - Bergen, Norway - Shopping!

Jason says: Today we went shopping for the first time on our trip. Our goal was to buy some Norwegian gifts for the family. So we did. Luckily, we had great weather in the usually rainy town and had time to take the fenicular for an...

2001-07-15 - Bergen, Norway - Evolution

Jason says: Today we depart from Sigmund's house (and farm) in Stamnes. Sigmund was kind enough to drive us all the way to Bergen after some indecisiveness. He wasn't quite sure if he wanted to go there himself to meet up with a friend. Lu...

2001-07-14 - Stamnes, Norway - Where is Sigmund?

Jason says: Today we make our way to a remote town called Stamnes. We start the journey by boat, cruising the beautiful fjords with steep mountains, cliffs, waterfalls, and seagulls. Upon arriving in Gudvangen, we hop on a b...

2001-07-13 - Flam, Norway - Heading West -- to the Fjords!

Jason says: Off to Flam. Jeff and I took an 8 am train out of Oslo to Flam. We both fell asleep on the train -- as usual -- but awoke in time to see some beautiful scenery. We went over the highest train station in Norway, high above the f...

2001-07-12 - Oslo, Norway - Last day in Oslo

Jason says: Our last day in Oslo. I thing I could have stayed for weeks here. The city seemed so laid back and quiet , a nice change from Stockholm. Today we went to the famous park where you see tourist broughit in by the busload ...

2001-07-11 - Oslo, Norway - Scream!

Jason says: Check out the pics... ...

2001-07-11 - Oslo, Norway - Jason in Oslo Part II

Jason says: Today started off rainy, so we got a late start on the day. Again, Jeff had to take care of the pinkeye/infection/conjunctivitis, so we split up for a while. We metback at the Art museum. We walked through the museum an...

2001-07-10 - Oslo, Norway - Pink Eye

Jeff (pinky) says: That morning, I awoke for the third day with red, mucous-filled eyes. Nice... I'd never had pink eye before, and hadn't really thought much of it until Jason mentioned it to me. We headed into Oslo to grab some breakfas...

2001-07-10 - Oslo, Norway - Jason in Oslo

Jason says: Our first dain Oslo. Lets see, what did we do? Anything worth noting? Jeff and I split up . Jeff went off to take care of some fungus in his eye and I did some of the typical tourist stuff. I stopped by City H...

2001-07-09 - Stockholm, Sweden - Enough of Sweden, Let's Go to Norway!

Jason says: Today we make a decision to go to Oslo. Although we planned on going 2 days later, the events of the day changed our minds. We had hoped to go to Gotland island off the coast fo Sweden ut found out it was not worth the m...

2001-07-08 - Stockholm, Sweden - Gamle Stan

Jason says: Today we finally got around to touring the old part of town -- an island called Gamla Stan. Just as the guide book said, it was the most attractive part of the city. Medieval streets, ol houses, etc -- a great place to wlk aroun...

2001-07-07 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm by bike

Jeff says: That morning, Jason and I parted ways with Jay. After the miserable night on the boat hostel, we decided to try something else. We booked at the Bed & Breakfast hostel--a basement room with 40 beds, no windows, two toilets, and ...

2001-07-06 - Stockholm, Sweden - Sunny Stockholm

Jason says: We arrived in Stockholm around 6 am. Too early to do much of anyything. We bumped into a guy Jeff recognized from Gimmelwald! Jay was his name. Seemed like a nice enough guy. So the three of us booked a room on a boat...

2001-07-05 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Nothing Much -- Really

Jason says: Today was mostly eventless. We slept most of the day away and then wandered around till our train left for Stockholm. I guess the train is worth mentioning. We had our own private room with 2 beds and a bath including s...

2001-07-04 - Copenhagen, Denmark - A day at the Beach, a night at the Bars

Jeff says: Jason and I met that morning at the Glyptotek Museum and had a look around. Interesting, but museums aren't really my style. So with enough culture to last another few weeks (or months, or years), we hopped on a train to head to...

2001-07-03 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Tripped up in Christiana

Jason says: Jeff and I met another Servas host, Mette in the center of Copenhagen. She was nice enought to show us around the town. We went in a couple churches, climbing to the top of one where we hada good view of teh surrounding city. <...

2001-07-02 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Goodbye, Aero!

Jeff says: Got up early to leave for Copenhagen. We had breakfast at Anne's, said goodbye, and hopped on the ferry. I think I could have spent a long time at Anne's... A very nice place to relax, and a very nice friend to spend time with. ...

2001-07-01 - Aeroskobing, Denmark - Farewell to Aero

Jason says: Our last day with Anne Smith in Aeroskoking... Jeff and I spen our last day in Aeroskobing just relaxing at Anee's house. We caught up on emailö I sat out in the sun and wrote in my journal. Anne Showed us some of her p...

2001-06-30 - Aeroskobing, Denmark - Aero -- The Vacation Island

Jason says: After breakfast, we rode to find Hans -- the man we met the night before who was to rent us a motorboat. After tracking him down, he showed us to his boat, gave us some instruction in his best English, always throwing in the occa...

2001-06-29 - Aeroskobing, Denmark - A bike ride to Marstal

Jeff says: Jason and I woke up late (as usual). Today, we thought it would be nice to finish our biking tour of the island. But first, we went down to the harbor to check out if there were in sail boats for rent. There were, but Jason and...

2001-06-28 - Aeroskobing, Denmark - The Perfect Little Island

Jason says: I think I would have been perfectly happy to simply stay in Aeroskobing and hang around Anee's house all day. But there were places to explore on the island. Anne made us breakfast, got us a couple bicycles, and we set o...

2001-06-27 - Aeroskobing, Denmark - Welcome to Aeroskobing

Jeff says: We arrived in Copenhagen at about 10am, then hopped on a train to Odense, then a train to Swenborg, then a ferry to Aeroskobing, on the island of Aero. In the small town of Aeroskobing--population about 1000, we found our...

2001-06-26 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Warm day at the park..

Jeff says: Not much to say about this day... Jason and I were both ready to leave Amsterdam. Jason visited the Anne Franke house in the morning. Then we went to the big park in the city to get some sun and frisbee.

2001-06-25 - Haarlem, Netherlands - Where am I?

Jason says: I'm trying to remember what we did this day... Amsterdam seems like it was so long ago. Oh, yeah, we went to a nice town outside of Amsterdam called Haarlem. Jeff tells me that Haarlem has the happiest people in...

2001-06-24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Marihuana Tea

Jeff says: Lazy days in Amsterdam. Sometimes when you´re traveling, especially for months at a time, you need to slow down a little bit. Amsterdam may not have been the ideal place to slow down, being the busiest city I´ve seen yet, but it...

2001-06-23 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam Day 1

Jason says: Arrived in Amsterdam today. Did teh Trendy Planet suggested self guided walking tour, then did pretty much nothing the rest of the day. Oh, we did have some delicious Indonesian food -- good stuff. Check out the picture...

2001-06-22 - Berlin, Germany - Final Day in Berlin

Jason says: Today we are kicked out of Aunt Alexis' because we didn't reserve for the night. So we bood our train for Amsterdam. We watched a Volleyball tournament with German professional players. This just made me watn to play vo...

2001-06-21 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin Part III

Jason says: Anything interesting that's worth mentioning that we did today? Probably not. How about Auntie Alexis? Who is this Auntie Alexis, anyway? Auntie Alexis, the lady who owned the pension where we stayed, was an extremely ...

2001-06-20 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin Part II

Jason says: We saw lots of sites in Berlin. The Reichstag -- Germany's Parliament building. Brandenburg Gate -- under construction. Many musems were closed for remodeling (but who wants to see them anyway). Some of the newer architecture ...

2001-06-19 - Berlin, Germany - East Meets West

Jason says: Today we arrive in Berlin! What to do, what to do? TJ wanted to see the Wall and checkpoint Charlie. So we did. And it was good... Rivisiting Berlin's past is very interesting, scary and sobering. From Nazi to Communist, Berl...

2001-06-18 - Prague, Czech - Of rain & castles

Jeff says: So we (TJ, JAson, and I) finally have a day to tour around Prague (during the day instead of at night). We followed Peter's recomendations for sightseeing: take the funicular up the hillside and follow path to the castle...

2001-06-17 - Prague, Czech - Day of rest

Jeff says: We (Jason, TJ, and I) slept till 4pm, got up grabbed a snack, then wandered the streets until meeting with Barb and Tracy for dinner. Thanks for the dinner, Barb! We said goodbye to Barb as she would be heading back to the state...

2001-06-16 - Prague, Czech - Rollin' through Prague

Jeff says: After rolling back into the hotel at about 3am, Jason, TJ, and I were only allowed a few hours sleep before catching the train to Prague. And without an alarm, I found myself difting in and out of sleep, waking every so often to ...

2001-06-15 - Vienna, Austria - Those Holleywood Go Go Girls

Jason says: Today in Vienna, we checked out of TJs room in the Marriott and moved to a more affordable pnsion. We took care of laundry, just a few days overdue for myself. We shopped around a little and finally decided to check out a park j...

2001-06-14 - Vienna, Austria - Vienna Sausage

Jason says: We arrived in Vienna to meet up with our friend TJ. By pure luck, we bumped into TJ walking into the subway to take a train to his hotel. I was just walking along, minding my own business and some guy, apparently American judgin...

2001-06-13 - Cinque Terra, Italy - The Cinque Terra

Jason says: Jeff and I took the train to the forth town in the Cinque Terra, Vernazza, hung out on the beach to soak up some UVs then set out on the windy up and down trail to Corniglia, the third town. We hiked for nearly two hours,...

2001-06-12 - Cinque Terra, Italy - Bella en Italia

Jason says: After experiencing Italian train inefficiency, we finally made it to Cinque Terra where we stopped a tthe first of five (cinque) towns, named riomaggore. The Chinque Terra has some spectacular landscapre -- steep cliffs jutting o...

2001-06-11 - Barcelona, Spain - Gaudi

Jason says: Scott and Joel left for the good ole U S of A today. Jeff and I toured around Barcelona, checking out more of the crazy Guadi architecture. After running some errands, we caught a night train to the Cinque Terra, Italy.....

2001-06-10 - Barcelona, Spain - Lazy Day in Spain

Jason says: We slept away most of the day today, recovering from the previous night. We caught a soccer game at Olympic Stadium, ate some more tapas, wandered around town, and called it a night after visiting Guadi's famous Sagrada F...

2001-06-09 - Barcelona, Spain - Train all night, party all day and night

Jason says: Ah, Barcelona! A country that speaks a foreign language that I can ALMOST understand. We met Scooter at the train station, and headed stright for 'La Rambla', the main wlking street in Barcelona. We checked into our hotel, havi...

2001-06-08 - Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva

Jason says: We did some more sight-seeing in Geneva. The Jet d' Eau, shooting water way up into the air. Another cathedral with a great view of the city. And some museum with some not-so-interesting stuff in it. We met up with Joe...

2001-06-07 - Geneva, Switzerland - Our Friend Kris

Jason says: In Geneva, Jeff and I met up with Kris, who was generous enough to show us around town and, best of all, giving us a place to crash for the night. So far, Geneva is the closest I've been to Grance and, as far as I'm conce...

2001-06-06 - Gimmelwald, Switzerland - Rainy Day

Jason says: Check out the rainbows on our rainy day in Gimmelwald... ...

2001-06-05 - Gimmelwald, Switzerland - Our Little Everest

Jason says: Today we unknowingly set out for the hike of a lifetime. We planned to hike for a couple of to a restaurant midway up the mountain. Once at the restaurant, however, we made a decision to attempt to summit Schilthorn, a nearly 1...

2001-06-04 - Gimmelwald, Switzerland - The Alps

Jason says: We arrived in Interlocken, Switzerland after traveling for 7 hours from Munich. The area was breathtaking. We went from Interlocken to Gimmelwald, seeing lakes, waterfalls, jagged snow-capped peaks. Not quite like anything I've...

2001-06-03 - Munich, Germany - Before, during, and After Dachau

Jeff says: When we got home after 3am, we had to ring the bell for our good friend at the pension to let us in. This only made matters worse when Jason and I showed up for breakfast 15 minutes late. He gave us a little lecture about showin...

2001-06-02 - Munich, Germany - Hofbrauhaus, part 2

Jeff says: The next morning at the youth hostel, they had no record of our reservation for that night. The place was a mess--they pissed off more than a few people with lost reservations. We managed to get a reservation, then promptly star...

2001-06-01 - Munich, Germany - Hofbrauhaus

Jeff says: Not much to say here, just a travel day, really. In the morning, we dropped off our bikes and hopped on a train for Munich. Joel stepped off in Stuttgart for the Porsche museum while Jason and I continued on. We checke...

2001-05-31 - Heidelberg, Germany - Romantic Heidelberg

Jeff says: After our Frisbee adventures from the previous day, we did the typical tourist activities. Jason, Joel and I took the funicular up to the castle and took a look at the Pharmacy Museum. Joel went to meet with the Dr. Hunter von...

2001-05-30 - Heidelberg, Germany - Frisbees in Heidelberg

Jeff says: From the castle in Bacharach, we hiked down the steps back to town to catch our train. After running across the train tracks while the german operator screamed at us, we hopped on the train for heidelberg. Upon arrival i...

2001-05-29 - Bacharach, Germany - King of the Castle

Jason says: Bacharach was a fun town to stay in. We took a train from Koblenz south along the Rhine to Rudesheim. In Rudesheim, a small tourist town, we walked around, ate lunch, and caught a ferry back north on the Rhine toward Bacharach. ...

2001-05-28 - Cochem, Germany - Tranquility on the Mosel

Jason says: My favorite city so far is Cochem mostly because of what we did there. After staying in the hostel, we went into town and hired (rather than rented) some bicycles. We road the bikes down along the Mosel River. The Mosel...

2001-05-27 - Cochem, Germany - Long, long days

Jason says: The days seem unusually long here in Germany this time of year. (This can easily be explained by our degree of latitude, about 50 degrees.) Dawn begins around 5 am and dusk ends just before 10 pm, giving nearly 17 hours of light...

2001-05-26 - Cologne, Germany - Dom

Jason says: Today we arrived in Cologne from Frankfurt. The train ride was pretty amazing, to say the least. The train followed the contour of the Rhine river winding its way up north to Cologne. We passed many castles and small towns alon...

2001-05-25 - Frankfurt, Germany - Chillin' with Brentano

Jason says: We didn´t really do a whole lot of interesting stuff today. The first few days of travel are all about recovering from jet lag. Jeff and I met up with Brent at the Frankfurt airport. Brent arrived in typical fashion, wi...

2001-05-23 - Littleton, Colorado - Haircut

Jason says: Oh no! Jeff cut my hair!...

2001-05-13 - Las Cruces, New Mexico - Dirt Bikin' in the Desert

Jeff says: I'll keep this one short. We (Jason, Sarah, and I) started out on Thursday night for Las Cruces, stopping at a camp site just outside of Raton. Friday we stopped in Albuquerque to have lunch with Jeff Borgman, then made ...

2001-04-14 - Aspen, Colorado - Snowmass 2001

Jeff says: For our first full day in Snowmass, I rolled out of bed around 9:30 to see if anyone would be up for some snowboarding. Mike, Kim, Sarah, Jason, and Shion were all game. Looking outside, the weather wasn’t quite the warm spring ...

2001-04-13 - Aspen, Colorado - Snowmass 2001

Jeff says: (Friday the 13th) So here it was—the annual Snowmass trip. The ski trip that signals the end of the season. And this was to be the biggest ever for the Scooter party. Our group consisted of Jason, Mike, Kim, Sarah, Gaetana,...

2001-04-09 - Wailea, Hawaii - Grand Wailea Resort

Jason says: Jeff, Melanie, Gail, Ed, and I met Stacie, Doug and Sage at the Grand Wailea Resort, one of ritziest hotels on Maui. The spacious lobby had a bar in the middle with artwork, including statues, and pools of water all around. ...

2001-04-09 - Haleakala, Hawaii - Haleakala Volcano

Jason says: On our last day we finally set out to do what many guidebooks call the highlight of Maui. We had already seen Haleakala volcano from our helicopter tour. Now we were going the long way -- up the road, climbing to nearly 10,000 f...

2001-04-08 - Lahaina, Hawaii - Dinner!

Jason says: Here's a good picture of Mom and Dad at dinner in Lahaina (or at least I think it was in Lahaina). I was off doing something else at the time so you'll have to ask Ed, Gail, or Melanie about the dinner....

2001-04-08 - Lahaina, Hawaii - Let's Go Surfing Now

Jason says: After the boat tour, we were all pretty tired. We relaxed in the condo for a while and then Jeff and I got up some motiviation to go surfing. We decided we would try renting boards in Lahaina. We found a place a couple ...

2001-04-08 - Lahaina, Hawaii - Fishing for Dolphins

Jason says: Okay, the title is a little misleading. We weren't really fishing for Dolphins. Jeff, Stacie, Melanie and I took a boat tour from Lahaina harbor to the coast of Lanai, one of Hawaii's smaller, lesser-known islands. The plan was...

2001-04-07 - Kihei, Hawaii - Hangin' with Somxay

Jason says: After finishing the Helicopter tour, Jeff and I took a nice long nap back at the condo. I slept for about 4 hours or so and I think Jeff slept for 5. We went outside and played frisbee for a while before making plans for...

2001-04-07 - Kahului, Hawaii - Helicopter over Maui

Jason says: Stacie, Doug, Jeff, and I woke up before 6 a.m. to go to Kahului Heliport for our helicopter tour. I was thinking that flying in a helicopter after a late night of drinking may not be such a good idea. But hey, you only live onc...

2001-04-06 - Lahaina, Hawaii - Maui Brews

Jason says: Everyone returned to the condo following the Luau. Jeff and I decided that we would check out the night life in Lahainatown on a Friday night. After putting the rest of the Ryer family to bed, Jeff and I ventured to Lahaina.

2001-04-06 - Kaanapali, Hawaii - Luau

Jason says: Finally. The main event for what was a fine Aloha Friday. Although I'd lived in Hawaii for more than 8 months, I never took the time to go to a Luau. I wasn't quite sure what to expect. As I was told, this wasn't going...

2001-04-06 - Kihei, Hawaii - Cruising in Kihei

Jason says: After checking out the rainforest in Iao Valley, Mel, Jeff, Ed, and I carried on to Kihei where they receive less than 10 inches of rain annually. Coastal Kihei is quite a contrast from upcountry Iao Valley. It was hot a...

2001-04-06 - Wailuku, Hawaii - Iao Valley

Jason says: The main event planned for today was the Luau at the Marriott in Kaanapali. Because we didn't want to miss the luau, no one made big plans for today. Jeff, Ed, Mel, and I decided to head to Iao Valley where we entered the rainfo...

2001-04-05 - Kaanapali, Hawaii - Back to the Beach

Jason says: Today we headed back to the expansive, sandy beaches of tourist-laden Kaanapali. I really wanted to try going surfing but not knowing where to go, Jeff and I decided to follow the rest of the family to Kaanapali. I decided that...

2001-04-04 - Hana, Hawaii - Road to Hana

Jason says: For the third day of vacation, we decided to do the famous "Road to Hana". As Melanie so enthusiastically put it, "Let's get it out of the way." I think I was looking forward to this trip more than anyone else because I had done...

2001-04-03 - Kaanapali, Hawaii - Get your Snorkel On

Jason says: After having a good night rest to work off the jet lag and our extended first day in Maui, we headed out of the condo to do some snorkeling. We rented gear at a nearby snorkel shop where we were also pointed in the direction of t...

2001-04-02 - Lahaina, Hawaii - Final Gift of Xmas 2000

Jason says: The Ryer family finally did it. We finally made the end of Christmas 2000 official by "unwrapping" our present -- a trip to Maui, Hawaii. The entire party included Gail, Ed, Melanie, Jeff, Stacie, Doug, and the oh-so-adorable Sa...

2001-02-27 - Boulder, Colorado - Mardi Gras

Junebug says: OK, OK, I just haven't had time. So we were on our way home from Trilogy heading down Broadway and I'm side by side with this other car. All of a sudden a cop pulls out from who knows where with his lights on. Both of us civilians...