Today we conquered another mountain, more precisely, a volcano; Mount Batur. Mount Batur is an active volcano with three craters with the most recent one erupting in 2000. According to the locals, the volcano is perfectly safe to hike, but that didn’t stop everyone from saying a prayer to the mountains God beforehand asking for…
Author: Cally Trandell
Arrival in Bali
We finally made it to Bali! Super tired and exhausted so I made a video instead of writing!
Success and Struggle on the Inca Trail
We did it. We hiked all 44 km ( 26 miles) of the Inca Trail to make it to Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu was absolutely stunning and I could not have finished the hike without my husband. But we will get into that… Day 1 All emotions were firing Monday morning as we waited in…
At Peace
Day four now in Cusco and it is absolutely amazing how my stress level and demeanor has changed. The weeks leading up to before we left I was a hot mess. I was stressed to my limits, the smallest problem would make me snap, and I was weighted down by anxiety. Now, my reality it…
Finally made it to Cusco
Well after about 27 hours or so of travel we final made it into Cusco! The trip to get to Cusco was relatively uneventful unless you count the inevitable lack of human decency that you see taking place at airports; but we won’t get into that. The most interesting thing that happened was on the…
The Hardest Goodbye
As we made our way around the last few days saying goodbye to all of our family members and some of our friends, some goodbyes were harder than others, but there was one goodbye that I was dreading the most. To be able to travel like my husband and I do there are always sacrifices…
How my husband and I afford to travel and how you can too!
One of the biggest questions that Ron and I receive, is how in the world we afford to travel the world? What we have been telling people since we first started traveling is that we are very good at budgeting and saving. For most people, that answer is just not good enough. So I am…
Review of New Hiking Bag
Hola, and happy Sunday Fun-Day! My fun for the day, consisted of packing up and testing out my new Hyperlite Mountain Gear backpack that I received in the mail on Friday! I know that statement makes me sound crazy, but I absolutely LOVE travel preparations and getting a new backpack in the mail made me…
The Trandell’s are Taking Off!
I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again!… Well, I have an idea! After nearly 4 years of saving and 2 years of slowly putting travel plans together, my husband Ron and I finally purchased our oneway plane tickets that will begin our one-year-long crazy adventure, starting in October…