Colombia
We're based in Santa Bárbara, Bogotá until Oct 1. You're invited to stay in the spare bedroom in our Airbnb or find a place nearby.
If you'd like to only join us for the short trips below, feel free to stay longer than us to really get the most from you travels (stay after we leave, or come before arrive). We're planning short weekend trips because the twins have day care.
Villa de Leyva
A long weekend in one of Colombia's prettiest colonial towns — whitewashed streets, one enormous stone plaza, and easy day trips into the surrounding desert.
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Cartagena Weekend
Walled city, warm water, and the kind of humidity that means every plan starts after 4pm. Dates are still firming up on our end — ask before booking flights.
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Medellín Weekend
Comuna 13, the cable cars, and some of the best coffee we'll drink all trip. A short, easy stop if you're weighing your first trip to Colombia.
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Chantl's Solo Bali Trip
Not a family stop — just and FYI that Chantl is heading to Bali on her own for a Retreat, with a few buffer days on either side. Don't feel too bad for the twins and Alex. The kids will be in daycare from 8 am to 5 pm.
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Our home base will be El Cangrejo, a walkable residential neighborhood in Panama City right by Vía Argentina, Parque Urracá, and Parque Omar. This is the longest we'll be settled in one place, so it's an easy one to build a longer visit around. We'll likely have a two bedroom place so unlike Bogota, you would need your own space.
Coronado
Pacific beach corridor about an hour from the city — beach time without the crowds, golf, and an easy add-on day trip to El Valle de Antón's hot springs and Sunday artisan market.
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With our home base still in Panama, we're making a stop in Jamaica to celebrate Siatta's birthday. If you haven't met Chantl's aunt Siatta, you're welcome to come say hello while enjoying Jamaica with us!
Siatta's 50th Birthday Party
Montego Bay, Iberostar Waves Rose Hall Beach — we're celebrating Siatta's 50th with her, her family, and our own crew all together for the week, alongside kid-friendly pools, snorkeling, catamaran cruises, and Dunn's River Falls. This is the one we'd most love a full house for.
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Home base is Antigua — colonial streets, volcano views, and (per the plan) some of the best weather of the whole trip, clear and dry with cool nights. 3BR homes here run $900–1,500/month, so there's likely room for guests nearby even if our place is full.
Chantl's Solo Nicaragua Trip
Not a family stop — just and FYI that Chantl is heading to Nicaragua on her own for another Retreat at the Costa Dulce Wellness Resort. Kids and Dad hold down the fort while she's out.
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Lake Atitlán
About 2–2.5 hours from Antigua — boat rides between lake villages, kayaking, the Indian Nose sunrise hike, and (in February) peak coffee harvest tours. Worth a full week if you want more than one village.
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Guatemala City + Day Trips
About 45 minutes from Antigua — Parque Ecológico Cayalá, the Popol Vuh and Ixchel museums, and the zoo. Good jumping-off point for Iximché ruins, or a longer week flying to Tikal.
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Trip finale, home base in Mexico City (Condesa/Roma Norte) — mild, spring-like weather nearly year-round and the easiest airport of the whole trip for flying home. 3BR rentals here run $1,500–1,800/month. We'll fly home straight from here in late June.
San Miguel de Allende
About 3.5 hours by car or bus — colonial architecture, Parque Juárez, El Charco del Ingenio botanical garden, and the weekly Tuesday Market.
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Short flight away — cenote day trips, Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Progreso beach, and Celestún flamingo tours. Best as a full week given the heat.
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Puebla or Valle de Bravo
2–3 hours from the city — Puebla for colonial architecture and food (mole, chiles en nogada), or Valle de Bravo for an easy lake-town weekend away.
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