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Europa 2009!
Recently I've decided it is my life goal to travel internationally AT LEAST once a year. So far, my track record is: 2000 France & Italy, 2005 Japan, 2006 European Backpacking Tour, 2007/2008 Chile and Argentina, 2008 Toronto. As you can see, there is nothing...
Ed Viesturs
This post really has no point other than to brag that I know Ed Viesturs and have read his book like a thousand times! He is so inspiring not to mention his impressive lung capacity. Anyway, just wanted to share this picture of he and I (cause we are bff's). And if...
Camp Muir, Mt. Rainier
On August 24, 2008, I, Kristina Ciari, made it all the way to Camp Muir at 10,000 feet without dying. I'm going to call that an accomplishment!!! Ryan and I had been talking about heading up to Rainier for some time and we completely lucked out with the best weather...
Drinking Uno in Sur America
Now happily back in Puerto Natales, Kristi treated us to a fabulous, pampered night at Hotel Indigo. Check out that Southern Latitude baby! The architecture of the hotel was very eclectic. There was a lot of wasted space, with giant hallways crisscrossing and these...
El Calafete
We arrived back in Puerto Natales and were very happy to take showers! Once we were all clean, we headed out to do some shopping! Food shopping that is. One of my favorite things about traveling abroad is all of the great little fruit and vegi stands! I have to say...
Patagonia: Torres del Paine part dos
Day 3:I arose in the morning to significantly smaller ankles and with a renewed spirit. Our camp was just darn so beautiful! Lets say we had a room with a view. By the third day we were ready for a rest! We got up late and enjoyed a nice breakfast of pancakes! Adam is...
Patagonia: Torres del Paine
Day 1:We awoke bright and early to catch the 7:30 but to TdP. Luckily the night before we were able to hurridly buy groceries. Here they are:It was a three hour bus ride to the first stop, and of course I slept the WHOLE WAY! I really need to stop doing that. Luckily...
Patagonia: Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales
We left Seattle at 8am on Thursday and landed in Punta Arenas at 2:30 the next afternoon. That's 30 hours of flying people! Okay, real time it was only 25.5 hours of flying, but it certainly felt like 30+! Here's a word to the wise: Don't use Orbitz to book...
Welcome!
Hi Everyone, Welcome to my website! I'm diligently working to update all of my recent travels for you. They're listed in chronological order by date of travel, so use the navigation options on the right hand side or simply scroll to October, 2005, to start with the...
