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One of the most incredible things we’ve ever done in all our travels! Make sure to add this to your bucket list ✅

🇬🇹 Acatenango and Fuego volcanoes 2 day hike in Guatemala📍

Now let’s get into some practical information:

💵 Prices: There are a bunch of companies that offer the tour to the volcanoes. We choose a mid-range one that costs 630 Quetzales (81 USD) per person including 4 meals, a cabin with mattress and pillows, sleeping bag, gloves, a jacket, headlamps, rain poncho, entrance fee and a 3 liter camelbak full of water. We did see some other companies charging around 65 USD but they didn’t offer as much as the company that we chose to do the tour with. Also, we wanted a private cabin and all the cheaper options didn’t offer that.
You can rent a 40 Liter backpack for 50 Quetzales (6 USD) and you can hire a porter for 200 Quetzales (25 USD). If you decide to hike to Fuego, you have to pay an extra 200 Quetzales (25 USD).

🌋 Altitude sickness: unfortunately it can happen as you are hiking from 2200m to 3600m in a single day. Luckily, for us and for most people in our group, it was “mild” symptoms like headaches, nausea, fatigue and lack of appetite. But some people have stronger altitude sickness symptoms and need to be evacuated. It’s not very common, but it can happen.

🏃 Fitness level required: We strongly recommend that you have at least some fitness level. If you’re planning to do this hike you should try to run and do leg exercises before, we promise it will be helpful. In our group we had people from different backgrounds and countries and some were super fit but literally everyone found the hike to be hardcore. Also, keep in mind that the way down is tough too. Our knees suffered and were sore for days!

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Watching a volcano eruption from the sky is something else 🤯🔥

This happened when we were flying to Guatemala City 🇬🇹 And the volcano that was erupting is called Volcan del Fuego 🌋

We’ve always wanted to see the northern lights from a plane (which hasn’t happened yet), but we never thought we’d see this haha So cool!

What’s the craziest thing you guys have watched from the sky?

#volcano #eruption #airplane #explorepage

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This Caribbean island blew us away! 😱⛰️

For us Saint Lucia is the most beautiful island we’ve seen in the Caribbean for landscapes 🇱🇨 And in our opinion what makes the country so mind blowing are the volcanic formations mainly around the area of Soufriere on the southwest coast.

These two big triangular mountains that you see in the video are the “Pitons” (Gros Piton and Petit Piton). They are geologically called volcanic plugs and they are super high, the pictures and videos don’t do it justice. Petit Piton is 743 m (2,438 ft) high and Gros Piton is 798.25 m (2,618.9 ft) high.

Saint Lucia is very laidback (especially the area of Soufrière, where we stayed) and the scenery is very romantic. We can see why the island is a famous honeymoon destination 💝

Which island do you guys think it’s the most beautiful in the Caribbean?
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#SaintLucia #explorepage #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInSaintLucia

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Top things to do in Barbados 🇧🇧:

Beaches:
🏝️ Carlisle Bay
🏝️ Holetown beach
🏝️ Crane Beach
🏝️ Bathsheba
🏝️ Dover Beach

Natural attractions:
🍃 Harrison’s Cave Eco-Adventure Park
🍃 Welchman Hall Gully
🍃 Animal Flower Cave

Cultural & Historical attractions:
🇧🇧 Bridgetown
🇧🇧 Oistins Fish Market
🇧🇧 Mount Gay Rum Distillery

We loved Barbados so much! It became our favorite destination in the Caribbean for relaxation 💙

Prices were reasonable for the area (during low season), the island is beautiful, locals are the friendliest we’ve a seen in the Caribbean (and one of the friendliest we’ve seen in the world), the food is great, and overall the country is very laidback. Oh, and Barbados is one of the safest islands in the Caribbean. We felt very comfortable and safe all the time. 100% recommend the island! 🇧🇧

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We just took a “break” in Rio de Janeiro.. well, it wasn’t really a relaxing break because we had so much to do. A bunch of doctor visits, visa runs, my drivers license renewal.. and besides that we obviously tried to spend as much time as possible with our loved ones.

For those of you who don’t know, I (Carol) am Brazilian. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. That’s where I lived until I was 22.

Chris was born in England and lived in Manchester until he was 19. His mom is Brazilian so he always had a Brazilian passport. When he was 19 he went to Rio for a gap year which never ended. He permanently moved to Rio, got a job and lived there for 6 years. He’s more “Carioca” than me 😂

Rio is where most of our loved ones are so we always come back. We obviously love to travel full time but we also feel that sometimes we’re missing many important moments with our families and friends. This is probably the biggest “con” of our lifestyle.

In the beginning of our travels we didn’t visit Brasil and Portugal (where Chris’s parents live) so much but now we try to do it more often.

And it is always very hard to say goodbye when we don’t know when we’ll be back. Flights to Brazil are expensive and geographically, it’s far from many places that we want to travel to.

But thanks to the internet nowadays we can be a lot “closer” to people so we try to always keep in touch. It’s not the same thing as being together in person, but it’s what we have so we try to be satisfied with that.

Until next time, Brasil! 💚💛🇧🇷

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Tired of visiting uncomfortably hot and crowded places in Europe during summer? We have an alternative for you:

➡️ The Canary Islands! 🇮🇨🇪🇸

We recently visited Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria for the first time and we were surprised with these 3 things:

1️⃣ Affordable prices - We stayed in very nice accommodations with sea views for less than 52 euros a night! We were renting cars for around 18 dollars a day 😱 Most of our meals were around 25 euros for two people at beachfront restaurants. These prices are two or even three times cheaper than what we normally pay in other destinations in the Mediterranean.

2️⃣ Not overcrowded - There were other tourists on the Canary Islands obviously, but they were far from being extremely busy. Especially Fuerteventura: the most laidback of all the 3 that we visited.

3️⃣ Comfortably warm weather most of the time - One of the interesting things about the Canary Islands is that they have attractive weather all year round. While other places in Europe are suffering from extremely hot weather during the summer months, the Spanish archipelago has temperatures of around 23°C - 25°C. Some beaches in Fuerteventura were a bit too windy, but most beaches in Tenerife and Gran Canaria had really great beach weather 🏖️

The Canary Islands is definitely a place that we will be going back to! 🤩

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#CanaryIslands #Spain #explorepage #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInTheCanaryIslands

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Highlights of our time in Malta 🇲🇹 Here’s some of our recommendations:

🏰 Nice old towns:
- Valletta
- Mdina
- Victoria (Gozo)

🏖️ Natural beauty and beaches:
- Ramla beach (Gozo) if you like sandy beaches
- Blue Hole viewpoint (Gozo)
- Dwejra Inland lagoon (Gozo) for an epic natural formation
- Xlendi beach (Gozo)
- Blue lagoon (Comino) for beautiful blue waters but very busy
- Riviera Beach
- Qawra Point Beach if you like rocky swimming areas

🍻 Nightlife:
- Paceville, St Julian’s

🏨 Where to stay:
- St Paul’s Bay - good for couples and families
- Xlendi Bay (Gozo) for a relaxing vacation
- Valletta if you don’t have a tight budget and want to be in the capital

Hope this helps!

Let us know if you guys have any other recommendations 😃
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#Malta #Gozo #Comino #explorepage #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInMalta

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Blue Lagoon 🇲🇹 The most beautiful place in Malta!

It’s not every day that we see water this color in the Mediterranean… This beautiful area of Malta is located on the island of Comino. To get there you need to do a boat tour. There are private options but we did a shared trip that costs 35 euros per person.

The boat passes by some amazing caves and then stops at the famous blue lagoon for 4 hours. If you want you can choose a boat tour that also goes to Gozo but we don’t recommend that as it can be way too rushed for both the blue lagoon and Gozo.

In Comino you can choose to stay at the blue lagoon for the entire time or you can also take a walk along the cliffs and visit Santa Marija Tower which was where parts of the movie “The Count of Monte Cristo” was filmed 🎥

Be aware that the Blue Lagoon is probably the most famous beach place in Malta so you should manage your expectations and know that it’s touristy and busy. The cliff walk to the tower was pretty much empty so it allows you to have a more relaxed time.

The place is GORGEOUS so we still think it’s worth visiting especially since it’s not a type of scenery that you find everywhere in Europe 🏝️

Have you been there? How was your experience?
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#Malta #BlueLagoon #Comino #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInMalta

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Hello Malta! 🇲🇹 Our summer trip continues and this time we’re exploring one of the smallest countries in Europe.

Chris has been to Malta before but this is my first time. And the more we explore, the more I love Malta. Nice swimming areas, lovely historical sites and overall a bit less expensive and hectic compared to other places in the Mediterranean.

Our first video from Malta is already live but more coming up soon! Stay tuned 😁
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#Malta #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInMalta

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What an epic place! 🤩🇲🇪 Our quick trip to Montenegro started in Kotor - one of the most unique places we’ve seen in Europe!

The fortified town is surrounded by gigantic limestone cliffs ⛰️ But there’s something else that gives Kotor its charm: the cute cats everywhere 🐱 Some even seemed to be enjoying the views. They’re definitely lucky to live in this beautiful place 😍
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#Kotor #explorepage #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInMontenegro

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Island hopping boat tour in Croatia 🇭🇷

One of coolest things to do in Dubrovnik is this full day boat tour. We visited 3 gorgeous islands Lopud, Sipan and Kolocep having a nice amount of time on each one.

The boat tour costs 60 euros (or 65 euros with hotel transfer) per person and it includes a delicious lunch 💰

Once again, if you have enough days in Croatia, we would recommend you to stay on those islands, especially Lopud which was probably our favorite. But if you have limited time, this boat tour is a nice option to see a bit of them 🏝️

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#Croatia #BoatTrip #Dubrovnik #islandhopping #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInCroatia

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The most BEAUTIFUL beach that we saw in Croatia 🤩

📍Pasjača beach

This gorgeous hidden beach is located on the Croatian coast, less than 40 minutes by car from Dubrovnik old town. There’s no public transportation available there so you need a car and then a 10 minute hike down to the beach. The sandy area is not too big so we recommend going early.

If you like natural beaches without restaurants or beach clubs, you’ll love Pasjača beach! 🏝️
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#Pasjaca #Croatia #Dubrovnik #jumpingplaces #JumpingPlacesInCroatia

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