Travel Companions!

Jordan Jennings

Our first visitor...Jake's brother! After a summer of fighting fires in Utah's west desert, Jordan came down to visit for two weeks, traveling from Puerto Vallerta to Mexico City. He enjoyed some epic surf on Mexico's Pacific coast, explored the strees of Mexico City, and finally defeated Derek in an intense game of rummy. Thanks for coming Jordan!

Jordin Hardy

Our fellow road constuction worker and ski partner, Jordin took a break from her nursing work in Salt Lake to visit us in El Salvador and Honduras. Although she was stuck with us on a rainy Caribbean island, she was still able to go scuba diving, caving, and surfing. Thanks for visiting Jordin!

Jon, Cody, Spencer

On a backpacking journey of their own from El Salvador to Costa Rica, we picked them up at the airport in San Salvador and enjoyed several days of excellent surfing before seeing them off on their journey southbound.

Pete

None of us actually know Pete's last name, but he is a buddy from Westminster College whom we ramdomly ran into on the Nicaraguan beach! He traveled with us in the van for several days and scored some great surf in Popoyo. His van experience came complete with police stops and a van breakdown!

Chuck and Mary Pat Degagne

My parents recently came down to visit me in Argentina...it was their third trip to South America! We packed a lot into 10 days and visited the Perito Moreno Glacier, the mountains around Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Tigre, and even made a day trip to Uruguay! I was spoiled with excellent meals the whole time and greatly miss their company...thanks for visiting!

Amy Eskander

Jake's girlfriend, Amy, came to visit in El Salvador where she enjoyed incredible sunsets, beautiful beaches, colonial cities, and the modern capital of San Salvador. She also braved this gigantic boa! Amy visited once again in the Southern Hemisphere, this time coming to Peru! Here, she joined us in exploring the capital of Lima and then braved the long drive to Cusco to see the ruins of Machu Picchu. She is dearly missed!

Cam Adams

A fellow pilot friend from Westminster, Cam now flies for SkyWest and abused his flight privelages to visit us for free! After some surfing and exploring, we dropped Cam at the airport where he immediately took a flight to continue his vacation in South Africa. Aside from El Salvador, Cam has also visited us in Nicaragua and Colombia. For his fourth and final visit, Cam flew into Puerto Montt, Chile and will travel with us for the rest of our trip through Patagonia until leaving from Punta Arenas!

Jake's Family!

Jordan, Karen, and Doug Jennings came for a two week vacation in Costa Rica during their holiday break. While they were with us, we lounged on pristine beaches, traveled to the mountains, hiked in the jungle, and cooked amazing meals. It was a great vacation from our vacation! We all had a blast traveling together, and their donations to our gas tank and food supplies were greatly appreciated!

Caleb Pope

A ski buddy of Jake's, Caleb came down to visit us for 4 days in Bogota, Colombia. Taking a break from a job and his family in Utah, he saw Bogota and the surrounding area and patiently tolerated many van problems. Having served an LDS mission in Argentina, he is fluent in Spanish and gave Jeremy a much needed break from translation duties. Thanks for coming Caleb!

Who's Next?

It could be you! Just take some time off and send us an e-mail to see where we are. We will pick you up at the airport of your choice!