A week ago right now I was in an anxious half-sleep waiting to wake up at 11pm to summit the tallest mountain in Africa. I’ve had time to reflect and recover from this huge achievement, though I still feel like I need another week of rest! So the basics… Days OOO: I’d go for 7….
Day Trip to the Ngorongoro Crater
The wild dogs cried out in the night a la Toto style, and Attalia and I were awake and unable to sleep thanks to some noisy pups at 2am. Our meeting time for our crater safari was 5:30am. Queue exhaustion. We spent the majority of the day in the car, but it was worth it….
1 Day in Nairobi
I love over-engineering trips and planning the most minute details of trips. I stressed myself out hardcore in preparation of Africa, especially after deciding to change our first leg from JNB to NBO for convenience. So for Day 1, I used Marriott points for a free night at Tribe hotel, rebooked a flight to Kilimanjaro…
How To: Plan a Gnarly, Complex Trip to Africa
I’ve put a year into this one, y’all. I. Am. Exhausted. Will it be worth it? My goodness I hope so. This trip came about when I mixed a dream of hiking Kilimanjaro before I’m 30 with finding a $650 roundtrip flight to Johannesburg. As I fixed the timing of the trip, I enrolled my…
4 Days in Morocco
20 months late but better than never! My friend from home flew to Spain to visit and then we decided to take a weekend in Morocco. This was my first time to the continent of Africa and probably her 5th, and we were ready for a true desert excursion. We booked through word of mouth…
How To: Eat at the Best Restaurants in Peru
This post should really be titled how to be a horrible blogger, or how to tell Shaye is super busy at the office since I seem to let months pass between posts. Ugh! So alright, Bolivia was beautiful and the food was delicious albeit not so great for my weak stomach. This didn’t bode well…
Day 7 in Bolivia – Get Down with the Sickness
Day 7 was going to be the culinary peak of my Bolivian adventure. Which I worked really hard to still do while also being COMPLETELY POISONED by this country. For anyone who knows me, you know that I am o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d. with food. After this trip not only am I afraid of food, I want to…
Days 5-6 in Bolivia: So Salty
The highs were high and the lows were pretty low. Best way I can describe what I was hoping would be the perfect trip. Alright so the tours saved Uyuni for the most part. I do have to say, I don’t recommend the hotel I stayed in. Ah yes, Luna Salada. Perfect in pictures. Beautiful…
Day 4 in Bolivia: The Day You’ve Been Waiting For
DEATH ROAD! YUNGAS! I first heard about this from someone staying at my hostel in Lima 3 years ago. I remember thinking OMG this is crazy… I would never do this! Guess a lot can happen over 3 years. I booked a few months in advance via Viator and was set up with Gravity. Pretty…
Days 2-3 in Bolivia
Let’s just call these my veggie days because I got super sick from food poisoning, altitude, and dehydration. I managed to get to Isla del Sol and freeze, as well as run out of potable water. SO FUN. Things that went down: The terrace I went to next to the beach was only serving drinks…
Day 1 in Bolivia
After a red-eye flight from DC to Lima and Lima to La Paz, I got stuck in immigration for awhile, waited at a taxi stand with zero taxis, and looked for the best way to spend 3 hours before my bus from La Paz to Lake Titicaca. Definitely not the over-engineered trip y’all are used…
4 Days in Cuba
Not sure how relevant this post will be now that the current administration decided to limit how easy it is for Americans to get there… oh well. Who knows? Hopefully someone finds this useful! I originally planned to go to run a Spartan race (LOL) as a legal way to get there, but it turns…
There Shaye Goes 