Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing...
Lauren Schirtzinger
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Welcome to our travels!
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our journey from the North Island to the South Island of New Zealand...
Lauren Schirtzinger
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Hobbiton: An Unexpected Adventure
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time exploring the Hobbiton movie set...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Piopio Filming Location and Caving in Waitomo Caves
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our busy day visiting a filming location from The Hobbit...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Rotorua Part 2: Wai-O-Tapu, OGO, and Tamaki Village
Hey everyone! Lauren here with Part 2 of our time exploring Rotorua! Rotorua is known for its geothermal activity and Maori culture...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Rotorua Part 1: Exploring Downtown, Redwoods, and Kerosene Creek
Hey everyone! Lauren here with Part 1 of our time exploring Rotorua! It is a town on the North Island of New Zealand and is known for its geothermal activity...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Coromandel Peninsula Part 2: Cathedral Cove and the Gemstone Bay Snorkel Track
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience with Cathedral Cove and Gemstone Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula on the north island of New Zealand...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Coromandel Peninsula Part 1: Hot Water Beach and Pinnacles Walk
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience with Hot Water Beach and hiking on the Coromandel...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Auckland's West Coast
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our first two days in New Zealand exploring Auckland and the surrounding areas!...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Scuba Diving in Mo'orea
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our Scuba adventures in Mo’orea. The diving here was incredible!...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Mo'orea French Polynesia: A Budget Edition Part 2
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our last few days on the beautiful island of Mo’orea...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Mo'orea French Polynesia: A Budget Edition Part 1
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time on the island of Mo’orea in French Polynesia...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Rough Start to Part 2 of Our Round-The-World Trip
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about the rough start to our round-the-world trip...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Buenos Aires
Hey everyone! Gerrod here to tell you about our time in Buenos Aires...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
The Very Beautiful Iguazú Falls
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our trip to Iguazú Falls...
Lauren Schirtzinger
DIY Mendoza Winery Tour
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience going to wineries around Mendoza with our lovely brother...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Mendoza: Exploring the City
After our amazing experience seeing the Perito Moreno Glacier, the day had come when we would be heading to...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
Perito Moreno Glacier and El Calafate
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our trip to El Calafate to see the Perito Moreno Glacier...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Hiking Fitz Roy from El Chaltén
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our Fitz Roy hike in El Chaltén...
Lauren Schirtzinger
El Chaltén: Hiking and Other Stuff Too
Hello Everyone! Gerrod here to fill you in on some of the things we chose to do with our time in El Chaltén...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
Buses II: Busing to Argentina from Chile
Hello Everyone! Gerrod here again to talk some more about busing through South America. Welcome to the sequel...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile Part 2: Parque Nacional Puyehue and Another Failed Park Visit!
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about the rest of our time in Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile...
Lauren Schirtzinger
12 Hours in Santiago
Hello again everyone! Gerrod here to fill you in on how we spent our 12 hour “layover” in Santiago, Chile...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile Part 1: Arriving in Puerto Montt and Petrohué!
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time in Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile. Los Lagos...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Long but Reliable: Buses of Chile!
Hello Everyone! Gerrod here to tell you about some of the long bus rides that we opted to take in Chile...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
San Pedro de Atacama Part 2: Valle de la Luna and Stargazing
Hey everyone! Lauren here with part 2 our time in the deserts near of Calama and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile...
Lauren Schirtzinger
San Pedro de Atacama Part 1: Piedras Rojas, Salar de Atacama, and the Lagunas
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about part 1 of our journey in Calama and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile! We spent about 3.5 days here...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Sippin' on Tereré with the Fam in Paraguay
Hey people! Gerrod here again to pick up where I left off from the last post we made. This time, we will be sharing our experience in Paraguay with our cousin Liz...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
Attempting to Leave Peru: A Story of Avianca Airlines
Hello everybody! Gerrod here to fill you in on some of the not so exciting parts of our travels - the traveling part...
Gerrod Schirtzinger
Our Amazon Rainforest Trip!
Hi Everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our trip to the Amazon! We attempted to go to the Amazon Rainforest...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Cusco!
Hi everyone, we are finally posting about the things we did in Cusco, Peru...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Machu Picchu and the End of the Trek
As the last day of our Salkantay Trek, we had the option of either hiking up to Machu Picchu at 4am, or waiting for a bus to take us to the top...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Salkantay Trek with Salkantay Trekking!
The night before the trek we had a 6 o'clock briefing at the Salkantay Trekking office to explain everything, pay our final deposit, and sign waivers...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Final Days in Ecuador
On Saturday after our Galapagos adventure, we went shopping for groceries in order to save some money for the rest of our days in Quito following our big splurge in the Galapagos...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Galapagos Part 2: The Main Island
Following our goodbyes, Gerrod and I retrieved our bags from the pier and headed towards our hostel...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Galapagos Part 1: The Cruise!
Sorry for the delayed post. As it turns out I never really feel like writing, but I will try my best to be better...
Lauren Schirtzinger
Ecuador - Quito and Cotopaxi
A lot has happened since arriving in Ecuador on Sunday! We arrived in Quito with no problems, and just as we normally do when we arrive in a country...
Lauren Schirtzinger