Antigua means old, so its one of the oldest cities in Guatemala and til 1776 it was the capital of the country. Antigua Guatemala, or more commonly referred to just Antigua, is significant for its’ well-preserved Spanish baroque style of architecture. There are numerous old churches which some of them are well preserved but some …
Our hopes driving towards California were high. We expected that the weather will get better and a little more sun. At first, it was just like that. The further we drove from the Crater lake the sunnier the weather got. As a result of Jaanus’ research, we decided to make a quick visit to Pluto’s …
Oregon is known to be the state with one of the most beautiful and diverse nature and landscape. We can confirm it sure is. From Portland, we drove along Columbia river. It is one of the most beautiful highways because there are numerous beautiful waterfalls by the road. We stopped by one of the most …
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In Portland, we celebrated Kaija’s 30th birthday. The night before, we decided to stop in the typical American roadside motel. Earlier nights we slept in the car which was actually pretty convenient due to the size of it. We bought some cheese, fruits, sweets, and vine and started celebrating the birthday already according to Estonian …
From Seattle, we rented a car which became our home for the next 9 days. This was as much time had available to discover the west coast of USA. At first, we had very ambitious plans to visit several famous national parks and also the city of Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. …
As soon as it was clear that we won’t sail over the Atlantic, we both imagined how we travel across the USA. Jaanus was especially exited since it was the first time in the USA for him. Despite the USA west coast road trip exceeded our budget, we still decided to proceed. We started the …
Washington D.C is a beautiful city. Just like Boston its packed with history and culture. We spend there 4 days and explored some of the main sites in the city. For our great surprise all (or most of ) the museums and sights were free of charge as so was the zoo. We were lucky …
We landed in US on the 11th of November. The flight was long, but fortunately, we had a lot of space on the airplane, so we could feel us quite comfortable. Jaanus was looking at the movies and Kaija was trying to finish a book about a road trip in US that two Estonian guys …
Our couschurfing buddies recommended that if we want to go hiking then Santo Antoa, the neighbor island of Sao Vincent, is the best place where to do this. The island is often called hikers paradise. So we went there to discover whether it is worth its name and we discovered that it certainly was. On …