2008 and 2009: Our wedding and honeymoon
In and around World
We are looking forward to the next nine months, which will not only involve traveling, but getting married and visiting with family and friends. Our travel plans include the USA, South America, Costa Rica, and Canada.
We are planning on visiting the following places in November and December in the USA:
- Houston, TX
- Sanibel, Florida
- Key Largo, Florida
- Key West, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Houston, Texas
- Tulsa and Bartlesville, Oklahoma (tentatively)
- Boston, Massachusetts
- New York City, New York
- Washington D.C.
We are planning on visiting the following places in South America in January to March:
- Quito, Ecuador
- Galapagos Islands
- Peru
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Patagonia
- Argentina
- Brazil
We are delaying our honeymoon until the end of March and enjoying 2 week in Costa Rica where we hope to explore San Jose, Arenal Volcano, and Puerto Jimenez.
We are finishing our trip with 3 months in the US and Canada where we are hoping to visit:
- Houston, Texas
- Washington D.C.
- The Grand Canyon
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Los Angeles, California
- San Francisco, California
- Yosemite National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Utah
- Yellowstone National Park
- Oregon
- Washington
- Vancouver
- Calgary
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Lori and Ian
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Sanibel, FL
2008-11-08
Lori flew from Houston to Miami to meet Ian who was flying in from London. The reunion was nice, but getting the... Continue reading »
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Sanibel, FL - Pre Wedding
2008-11-14
In the morning, Lori went to the Sanibel Day Spa with Carol, Nicola, Sharon, Janet, Sue, Nannie, Sue, Megan, Juli... Continue reading »
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Sanibel, FL - The Wedding
2008-11-15
As the wedding was not until 4 pm, Lori’s day did not start too early. She had breakfast with her family and Henr... Continue reading »
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Sanibel, FL
2008-11-16
The day after the wedding was a day of rejoicing and relaxation. The order of the day was a brunch that had been... Continue reading »
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EverGlades / Key Largo, FL
The day started with the last of the goodbyes as Michelle and Matt headed back to Australia, Alison left for New York City and Kirsty and Steven dr... Continue reading »
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Key West, FL
Ian, Lori and Ollie walked around the hotel in the morning to determine if it was best to spend a few hours in Key Largo or to head straight to Key... Continue reading »
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Key West / Miami, FL
2008-11-20
Ian, Lori and Oli decided to enjoy the sunshine in Key West and spent the morning by the hotel pool. Before leavi... Continue reading »
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Miami, FL
2008-11-20
Ian was up early the next morning as the boys headed deep-sea fishing. They decided to spurge and it was the four... Continue reading »
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Houston, TX / Tulsa, OK
2008-11-26
The 26th saw the start of our Oklahoma thanksgiving excursion. Terry, Sue, Lori and Ian were driving f... Continue reading »
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Boston, MA
2008-12-01
Lori and Ian had an early start at 4:30 am in order to leave the house by 5:30 am for their flight to Boston at 7... Continue reading »
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Boston, MA / New York City, NY
2008-12-04
Lori and Ian packed up their things, had breakfast and left for Back Bay Station. As neither of them had traveled... Continue reading »
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New York City, NY
2008-12-05
The first day in New York was to be a quiet one settling in and seeing the New York Botanical Gardens. They had l... Continue reading »
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Washington, D.C.
2008-12-10
This was our departure day from New York City and we both reluctantly headed downtown with our luggage to Penn Street Stati... Continue reading »
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Houston, TX
2008-12-14
Most of the day was spent traveling. Continental did not have direct flights from Dulles (the closest airport to Megan) to... Continue reading »
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Quito, Ecuador
2008-12-30
Little did Lori and Ian know that their entrance into Quito would take 2 hours. Their plane arrived late into Quito and two... Continue reading »
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Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
2009-01-02
The flight was uneventful and after one stop and approximately 3 hours, they arrived in Balstra on Santa Cruz Island. They... Continue reading »
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Lima, Peru
2009-01-07
The flight from Quito to Lima was a little over two hours. Lori was able to finish her book, Three Cups of Tea, on the plan... Continue reading »
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Lima to Pisco, Peru
2009-01-10
The next morning, they were up early for breakfast and then attempted to go back to sleep for a while. They left the hostel... Continue reading »
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Pisco to Huacachina to Nazca, Peru
2009-01-11
There was a tour offered in the morning to go to Islas Ballestas, but it was advertised as the poor man’s Galapagos. As Lor... Continue reading »
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Arequipa, Peru
2009-01-13
They were woken up a little after 6 am to some loud “classical music”. Afterwards, they put on a Spanish movie about the Ir... Continue reading »
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Colca Canyon, Peru
2009-01-14
Our tour for the next few days was arranged through Giardino tours (www.giardinotours.com). Manuel, their... Continue reading »
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Cusco, Peru
2009-01-17
The next morning was another early start as the flight to Cusco was at 6:45 am. The group arrived at the airport, checked i... Continue reading »
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Ollantaytambo, Peru
2009-01-18
As not all the group wanted to take a tour of the Scared Valley, they took a mini bus to Ollantaytambo that did not stop at... Continue reading »
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Inca Trail/Machu Picchu
2009-01-19
Hotel Muney proved to be an enjoyable nights sleep for both of us on our hard beds. It offered a nice fruit and cereal brea... Continue reading »
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Puno/Lake Titicaca, Peru
2009-01-24
The group left on the private mini bus at 8 am in the morning. We stopped at a grocery store on the way out of... Continue reading »
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La Paz, Bolivia
2009-01-27
Today was going to be a long travel day, as the group made its way from Puno, Pero to La Paz, Bolivia. Breakfas... Continue reading »
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Cochabamba, Bolivia
2009-01-30
Lori is not sure if it was some thing that she ate or drank, but the next morning her stomach was not feeling w... Continue reading »
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Sucre, Bolivia
2009-02-01
When the bus arrived at Sucre a little before 6 am, the group was nice to get off the bus and back on to stable... Continue reading »
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Potosi, Bolivia
2009-02-04
The next day check out was at noon and the mini bus to Potosi did not leave until 3 pm. So we slept in till 11a... Continue reading »
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Uyuni, Bolivia
2009-02-06
The road to Uyuni was bumpy to say the least and the journey took seven hours with one nature bathroom stop. Ev... Continue reading »
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San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
2009-02-09
After leaving the Bolivian border, they had an hour and a half drive to the Chilean border in San Pedro. Both Lori... Continue reading » -
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La Serena, Chile
2009-02-12
The bus arrived at La Senera at 11 am. We boarded taxis and a few minutes later were at Residencial Suiza, which a... Continue reading » -
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Santiago, Chile
2009-02-14
We arrived into Santiago a little after 2 pm. We were a bit nervous at the station, as another tour leader had had... Continue reading » -
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Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, Chile
2009-02-15
We left around 9 am after breakfast in the morning with Jesper, Vicky, Paula, Steve, Rune, Steve, Lauren to go to... Continue reading » -
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Puerto Montt and Frutillar, Chile
2009-02-20
We checked in and our plane left a little after 10 am. It was an our and forty minute flight to Puerto Montt. At t... Continue reading » -
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Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales, Chile via the Navimag
2009-02-23
At 2:30 pm, a ferry representative explained some rules of the trip and soon after we boarded the Evangelistas Fer... Continue reading » -
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Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
2009-02-26
We arrived and docked in Puerto Natales at 6:30 pm. Sergio, who would be our guide in the Torres del Paine Nationa... Continue reading » -
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Puerto Arenas, Chile
2009-03-02
That was followed by a bus back to Puerto Natales. We picked up our packs and checked into our bus to Puerto Arena... Continue reading » -
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009-03-05
We arrived in Buenos Aires, which was an hour ahead.... Continue reading » -
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Colonia, Uruguay
2009-03-11
As we arrived into Colonia, Uruguay Ian finished the last of the Narnia books. We took a short five minute taxi ri... Continue reading » -
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Montevideo, Uruguay
2009-03-12
The bus arrived into the Montevideo bus station at 1:30 pm and it was a ten minute taxi ride to Iguazu hotel, whic... Continue reading » -
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Salto, Uruguay
2009-03-14
We spent time reading and sleeping during the seven hour bus ride to Salto. The countryside that we passed was pre... Continue reading » -
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Iguazu Falls, Brazil
2009-03-15
It took about thirty minutes to get to the border crossing with Argentina. We got our passports stamped and our ba... Continue reading » -
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Parati, Brazil
2009-03-18
We had seats 7 and 8 and were the second set of seats from the front. Gary and Lois were across from us. As we wer... Continue reading » -
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Ilha Grande, Brazil
2008-03-21
We thought that the bus was going to be like the ones we had taken before, but this was more like a bus that ran i... Continue reading » -
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008-03-24
The crossing took about an hour. When we arrived it turned out that not all the bags were loaded and two people&rs... Continue reading » -
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San Jose, Costa Rica
2009-03-30
An hour later, we touched down. As we went through customs, Lori’s heart was pounding. They spent all this t... Continue reading » -
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Volcan Poas National Park, Costa Rica
2009-03-30
We had seen a Taco Bell in San Jose that was on the way to Volcano Poas, which was our next stop, so we stopped th... Continue reading » -
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La Fortuna, Costa Rica
2009-03-31
We were planning on driving to see the La Paz waterfalls and La Marina Zoologica, but when we tried to turn off to... Continue reading » -
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Monteverde, Costa Rica
2009-04-03
The road to Monteverde was again very winding, but had nice views back on Lake Arenal. The lake was created in 197... Continue reading » -
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Quepos, Costa Rica
2009-04-04
We had another forty five minutes on gravel roads as we left the town. We enjoyed the views that we had back... Continue reading » -
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Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica
2009-04-07
There were only four other passengers on the plane when we boarded and we sat in the front row to make sure the pl... Continue reading » -
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Houston, Texas
2009-04-12
The flight was painless, but we were both surprised for a 4 hour flight there were no TVs. Unfortunately, the sand... Continue reading » -
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009-04-17
We left Houston around 9 am and Lori quickly fell asleep. Of course, that meant that when we woke up about two hou... Continue reading » -
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Washington, D.C.
2009-04-22
Our check in went smoothly and we ended up leaving twenty minutes early. The plane was two seats on either side of... Continue reading » -
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San Antonio, Texas
2009-04-29
We took 59 South to 610 West to I10 West and were soon passing through Katy, Texas, the last Houston suburb. We st... Continue reading » -
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas
2009-04-30
We took I10 West out of town. Ian drove, while Lori worked on the journal. We passed Kerrville, San Angelo and the... Continue reading » -
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Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
2009-05-01
We had a short drive up the road to Carlsbad Canyons and crossed into the state of New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns wa... Continue reading » -
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Carlsbad, New Mexico to Las Cruces, New Mexico
2009-05-02
We took Highway 285 to Roswell and arrived at the International UFO Museum and Research Center and hour later. Our... Continue reading » -
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009-05-03
We left Las Crusces close to 9 am and drove up interstate 25 to Santa Fe passing through Truth or Consequences and Albuquerque, whi... Continue reading » -
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Bandelier National Park, New Mexico
2009-05-04
The inn keeper had recommended visiting Bandelier National Park on our way to Mesa Verde and we decided to go with... Continue reading » -
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Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
2009-05-05
We were both freezing when we woke up the next morning and quickly got out of our sleeping bags and went for warm... Continue reading » -
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Moah, Utah - Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
2009-05-06
The sun woke us up a little after 7 am. We got ready and had breakfast. It was nice to know that we were spending... Continue reading » -
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
2009-05-07
We were up at our usual time of 7 am, got read broke camp, had breakfast and were on our way a little after 9 am.... Continue reading » -
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Zion National Park, Utah
2009-05-08
We went through our normal camping pattern in the morning. Ian stopped by the office as it looked open to see if t... Continue reading » -
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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
2009-05-08
Ian drove us out on highway 9 and then took highway 89 south. We passed through several small towns and then passe... Continue reading » -
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Sedona and Jerome, Arizona
2009-05-10
When we woke up in the morning, Ian checked and there was an opening at the Williams Fairfield Inn, so we packed u... Continue reading » -
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Las Vegas, Nevada
2009-05-11
We both work up at our usual 7 am time, had breakfast, got ready, packed up the car and were soon on our way to La... Continue reading » -
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Palm Springs, California
2009-05-15
We were planning on sleeping in until 9 am, but the maid tried to walk in and clean our room at 8 am. We were awak... Continue reading » -
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San Diego, California
2009-05-17
We took highway 74 south through the Sierra Nevada Mountains for about an hour. We both noticed the temperature st... Continue reading » -
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Los Angeles, California
2009-05-20
We followed interstate 15 North and then highway 91 east to Riverside. As we were hoping to see Lori’s frien... Continue reading » -
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Hearst Castle and Big Sur, California
2009-05-23
We took highway 60 into town and eventually made it to Highway 101. The traffic was bad throughout all of LA and i... Continue reading » -
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San Francisco, California
2009-05-24
Native inhabitants were in the area for six centuries when the Spanish arrived in 1769. In 1848 Mexico ceded Calif... Continue reading » -
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Yosemite National Park, California
2009-05-27
We took interstate 880 towards Oakland and crossed over the Bay Bridge. We stopped briefly in Oakland to pick up s... Continue reading » -
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Jackson, Wyoming
2009-05-31
The drive started going downhill as we left the park and we had some glorious views of mountains, lakes and valley... Continue reading » -
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
2009-06-03
Fortunately, we only had a short drive on Interstate 191 to the Grand Tetons National Park. We stopped to get our... Continue reading » -
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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
2009-06-04
When we finally arrived at Yellowstone, we again took our photo outside the National Park and then had a very scenic drive. We were... Continue reading » -
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