A few days ago, I was out hiking alone and thinking (always dangerous) and I had a bit of an epiphany: I believe that we, as a travel community, sometimes limit ourselves by adhering to the concept of the “bucket list.” Now, I don’t have a problem...
When Holly and I do our “Everest Base Camp Trek Experience” presentation, we always have one slide that covers a typical day on trek — and it’s really fun. So today, I’ve decided to provide you the same thing, but in writing. Let’s say...
May I vent for a moment? OK, thanks. Social media is often The Devil, I’m convinced. But, it is an interesting devil. It can be very revealing about us humans. For example, one of our trekkers just posted something on Facebook about he and his wife booking a...
Today, I want to provide you with some of the basics about why Hobnail exists and what it is that we do. First, there are lots of adventure travel companies, and I’m sure that most of them are great. Like anything else, you have plenty of choices with whom to...
This post was a hard one. I wanted to keep it relatively chronological (this is an odyssey after all, it’s what Homer would do). And I didn’t want to bore anyone with too much detail (but then again, Homer’s Odyssey is not a short fiction either). But it’s a packed...
Our international flight from Houston landed in Lima around midnight on the 2nd of September. Customs was surprisingly easy. No forms to fill out and there was a departure gate that said “Nothing to Declare.” We went through it and….were on the street in Lima? The...
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