TEQUILA AND SUNRISE (ALSO AVAILABLE AS A COMBO) After a few years of discussing a potential friend trip to Mexico, we decided to make it happen. As things often go, many people expressed interest, but in the end only four of us made the committment to head off. Dean, Derek, Martijn and I spent an amazing week in Cancun, MX. No worries at all, just sun beach and pool for 7days. We left Edmonton in -25 degree weather and arrived 5 hours later in beautiful and +30...

BUENOS AIRES: CITY OF TANGO AND EMPANADAS after a looooooooooong four months of distance i was finally able to visit martijn in his exchange hometown of buenos aires. it was amazing to be together again!! from the moment i met him outside security to the moment i left him at security. we travelled to a few different areas but buenos aires was the most different for me. extremely busy, very cramped, and SO MUCH SPANISH!! it's a good thing i travelled with martji...

THE LAND OF MATE colonia was the perfect weekend getaway. only one hour boat ride and we were there. martijn asked me a couple of times how it felt to be in another country. looking at my passport stamp, it was very cool, but to be honest, it really didn't feel very different. it was a small town for sure, but everyone was still speaking spanish, looking pretty much the same, and the fact that the boat only took one hour made it feel almost as if we'd only trave...

A MOUNTAIN DESTINATION a few days after i arrived in buenos aires we left for san carlos de bariloche. it's a mountain town in the andes of argentina and is gorgeous!! many argentinians travel here for their own vacations.we took a 20-hour bus ride there which sounds quite terrible, but it was actually the best transportation i've ever had!! our seats reclined the full 180 degrees, we had our own television on which we could choose our own movie to watch (saw VI...