We are Felicity and Marco, Thinking Nomads founders, traveling and adventuring together since 2005. An around the world trip sparked our wanderlust during the trip we explored India by train, trekked the Annapurna circuit in Nepal and drove the Big Sur in California.
Thinking Nomads launched in 2010 during a 6 month backpacking trip in South America as a creative outlet and to share our adventures. You could say our blog has evolved and grown with us, from getting engaged on top of 6500m mountain in Bolivia, to getting married and having our two daughters.
In 2018, when our daughters were just two and four years, we embarked on an epic family adventure around the world taking a 2 year family gap.
San Pellegrino-so much more than bottled water!
San Pellegrino water is served in restaurants around the world and has been for over a 100 years. If like me you ever wondered what a place looks like that produces one of the most famous bottled water in the world – read on!
Climbing Mount Fuya Fuya, an extinct volcano
Mt. Fuya Fuya is above the scenic Lagunas de Mojanda outside Otavalo, Ecuador. We did the hike with our friends Stacey and John from Alaska. Stacey did a wonderfully over the top “Globe Trekker Presenter” impression, let us know what you think.
Embarrassing moments while on the road! What’s yours?
A recent interview with Jeff Jung from Career Break Secrets got me thinking about all the embarrassing moments I’ve had while traveling as well as all the funny stories people have recounted to me, its amazing some of the situations travelers get themselves in to. I’ve started off the discussion by confessing my most embarrassing moment:
Out of this world experience at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
The salt is over 10 meters thick in the center. In the dry season, the salt planes are a completely flat expanse of dry salt. In the wet season when we were there, it’s covered with a thin sheet … Read More
Conquering Mount Illimani, Bolivia and a proposal on the summit
We had already conquered Huayna Potosi (6088m) five days previously but we were still craving something a little more challenging and Mount Illimani (6490m) was going to be the one: its six peaks loom over La Paz dominating the landscape. … Read More
Horse Riding at 5000m in Colombia
Our second day in Sierra Nevada del Cocouy and Marco’s first experience riding a horse, it was an adventure to say the least.