Bienvenidos!

It is hard to believe that after months of planning we are finally getting ready to head off on our big adventure through the Americas. In less than a month, we will load ourselves and our gear into our pop-top Westfalia, set our compass, and start driving south. It has not been as easy as we thought to reach this point and there have been a few bumps along the road, but now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We were actually supposed to set off on this trip last July, but Gustavo was diagnosed with testicular cancer. If you are interested in reading a bit about what our summer was like, you can view our originally planned blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/ariteo/1/tpod.html

I think you will all agree that this current blog set-up is both more aesthetically pleasing and less confusing to navigate. I just hope it lets us upload the many photos and videos that we will be generating on the road! None of us has ever done anything like maintain a blog before, so we hope that you are patient with us as we learn as we go along. As excited we are about embarking on this well-earned trip, at the same time we are sad to leave our family and good friends in Canada behind. This blog will be a way to keep in touch and share our experiences with them, as well as create a forum to make new connections along the way. Sometimes posts will be in English, y a veces en espanol. Please feel free to leave comments for us or send us an email. Enjoy!