AdventuresAroundThe.World

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:44:27 +0100

Before we found camping in Odda, we came across this beauty of a waterfall-Latefossen. -J 🇳🇴

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:17:05 +0100

We’ve had many technical challenges with posting during our trip (and we’ve been taking a ton of photos of this gorgeous country!) We appreciate your patience :) We’ll try to keep posting when we can, but the vast majority of the posts will likely be posted upon return. Cheers! -J 🇳🇴

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:10:25 +0100

We also stopped at the Roldov Stave Church. You can really see the wooden pins used instead of nails. -J🇳🇴

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:45:12 +0100

Leaving Stavanger area, we headed northward into the mountains of western Norway. Beautiful! And such diverse landscapes. -J 🇳🇴

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:36:03 +0100

After spending the night visiting with our friends, we stopped near Stavanger at Sverd i Fjell, a monument to the Battle of Hafrsfjord in 872 when the king gathered all of Norway under one crown. -J🇳🇴

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:56:43 +0200

Took the ferry through the Lysefjord to Lauvvik before driving to our friend’s, Beathe and Erik, house. The ferry went past Pulpit Rock, so we were able to see it, albeit from the water. -J 🇳🇴

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:05:08 +0200

Saw some pretty great scenery today! -J 🇳🇴

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:57:53 +0200

Visited a UNESCO site today: Rjukan-Nottoden Industriarv: the company town where two men developed a method to extract nitrogen from the air and turn it into fertilizer. The area became the world’s largest hydroelectric power plant. They have a cute town square and many protected buildings. -J 🇳🇴

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:48:55 +0200

The Vemork Power Plant in Rjukan, Norway, had the ability to create heavy water, used in nuclear bombs. The Nazis took over this plant when they occupied Norway, but a group of Norwegian Resistance Fighters sabotaged the plant to inhibit Germany’s ability to create nuclear weapons. -J 🇳🇴

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:39:14 -0700

Norway has 28 stave churches remaining and we visited the Heddal Stave Church, built in the 13th Century. Stave churches are not made with any nails! -J 🇳🇴

We're relaunching our weekly email digest

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:34:00 +0100

Hi friends!

You’re getting this email because you had signed up for weekly digests from our big 100-Day Adventure Around the World.

We turned those emails off once that grand adventure was over. But we’ve gotten enough complaints since then that we’re launching it again—but only for our international trips.

If you want to stay on the list, you’ll go back to getting a weekly email digest of everything we post at AdventuresAroundthe.World—which again, only includes our international trips. So that means 1-3ish emails for each overseas trip, and perhaps 1-3 trips a year.

For domestic trips, we’ll still post individually at rsjon.es and jenwiles.com.

If you want off the list, that’s 100% cool with us, just click unsubscribe or hit reply and let us know. We don’t care who is on the list and who isn’t—we only have this because we don’t share very often on social media and it’s an easy way to keep friends updated.

A preview of upcoming posts: our next international trip is campervanning around Norway later this week, followed by a Canadian Rockies (Banff, Jasper, etc) road trip in August. We’re also considering a China/SE Asia trip around New Years, and are tentatively heading to El Salvador/Honduras/Panama in February.

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:25:37 -0700

Next up: campervanning around Norway! 🇳🇴

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0700

Unfortunately, we had to pull the plug on our trip to El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama due to a concerning health diagnosis that was ultimately deemed a false alarm. We expect to reschedule the trip for January or February 2027 instead.

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:32:28 -0700

Next international trip: El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama in February.

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:26:46 -0700

Today sorta sucked, but at least we can mark off another country on our Drink a Guinness in an Irish Pub in 32 Countries quest.

What’s that? The only Irish pub, that took 35 mins to uber to, does not have any Guinness to offer, not even in bottles? Whew boy, can’t catch a break… -S🇨🇷

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:20:06 -0700

Today was a crappy day of driving in heavy traffic, punctuated by getting hit by a semi truck. We’re fine (and yes, bought all the insurance) but still…not a fun endeavor in a foreign country. Might bail on our wildlife viewing plans tomorrow and just uber around the city to avoid the driving.

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:34:07 -0700

I am always amazed at some of the things people manage to transport while riding a motorcycle. -S🇳🇮

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:00:00 -0700

Our last adventure of the day was a boat ride on Lake Nicaragua among the many small islands. We were even lucky enough to find some spider monkeys. -J 🇳🇮

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:30:00 -0700

We enjoyed a brief carriage ride around Grenada, one of the first European cities in the Americas, founded by Cordoba in 1524. -J 🇳🇮

Masaya Volcano National Park

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:15:00 -0700

We were fortunate enough to be able to visit Masaya Volcano National Park, Nicaragua’s oldest and largest National Park. It was closed in March 2024, when a landslide covered the lava lake with debris, blocking the release of volcanic gases. As a result, there is a significant potential for volcanic explosion. The Park has been closed until very recently. They have reopened, but due to the explosion potential, a ranger is based at the overlook strictly enforcing the rule that groups are only permitted to spend 5 minutes there before they must leave the park. -J 🇳🇮

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0700

After breakfast, we stopped in Catarina to visit the overlook to a crater lake and check out the markets. - J 🇳🇮

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:56:37 -0700

After standing in immigration lines for two hours, we’ve made it into Nicaragua. Here was our traditional breakfast just over the border, which provided a great view of the two volcanoes of Ometepe Island on Lake Nicaragua (Lago Cocibolca). -S 🇳🇮

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:05:09 -0700

Well, talking travel at happy hour has struck again!

During today’s brewery visit, we discussed altering our El Salvador itinerary next month to sneak in a visit to Panama. And, well, we’ve already changed all the bookings. 😂

Our 3 days there will finish off Central America for us both. 🙌 -S🇨🇷

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:49:27 -0700

We managed a quick stop at another craft brewery this afternoon, conveniently located within walking distance of our hotel. Cheers! 🍻 -S 🇨🇷

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:37:46 -0700

These huge fan palms in La Fortuna were so unusual. -J 🇨🇷