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Street Art in Buenos Aires

0 Comments 01 April 2011

Sure, Buenos Aires has the usual tourist-type opportunities on offer: The double-decker bus tour…the historic walking tours…the museums…the Presidential home…you can do it all here just as you can in most large capital cities. And there’s nothing wrong with that at all; we did all of the above and had a great time doing so. [...]

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Home in Buenos Aires

2 Comments 16 March 2011

On February 8 we arrived in Buenos Aires (BsAs) ready to rest our travel-weary bones. At that point we’d been on the road since November 17; our trip had taken us through Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and the Patagonian region of Argentina. Months ago when planning out our destinations, we projected that once we arrived in [...]

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Where We’ve Been in 140 Characters, part II

1 Comment 07 March 2011

A few weeks ago we brought you up to speed on our travels with a Twitter-style ranking and recap of our stops. You can catch up on the background and read the original story *here*. Since writing that, we’ve been on the move throughout the Patagonia region of Argentina while making our way to Buenos [...]

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Me Vs. Meat

7 Comments 03 March 2011

For nearly the last six years, I’ve been meat-free. It all started one fateful day in June 2005 at a street festival. I was handed a pamphlet about animal cruelty and the next day I quit animal products cold-turkey (pun not-intended). I was able maintain the lifestyle until our 3 month trip to Mexico in [...]

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Bikes and Wine in Mendoza, Argentina

0 Comments 22 February 2011

Argentines Love Wine One doesn’t need to spend more than a day or two in Argentina to pick up on the fact that wine is a big deal here. Argentines are proud of their country’s wine production, and by all accounts seem to enjoy the product very much. Argentina typically ranks as the world’s fifth [...]

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Where We’ve Been in 140 Characters

3 Comments 02 February 2011

I’m not going to say Twitter is the latest trend, as it’s been around for years. It’s proved itself as having staying power and has demonstrated it’s capabilities of networking on both a personal and revolutionary level. It’s also just a lot of fun. (If you’re on Twitter, find me: @SteveWaiksnoris or @RemarkableRoads) In that [...]

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Grief Up Close

0 Comments 01 February 2011

Seldom are we privy to the fragile moments immediately surrounding a death, especially an unexpected death. The intensely personal moment when you learn that you will never again see your loved one. Without forewarning or preparation you are blindsided. A few days ago Steve and I went to the Emergency Room at the city hospital [...]

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Terror in a taxi

3 Comments 15 January 2011

From the moment we sped away from the airport in Lima where we landed on November 18 I knew I was in for some trouble. We had six and a half months of cab rides ahead of us. I’ve been in cabs before, I’ve been to South America before and I‘ve been in cabs in [...]

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About Us

Remarkable Roads is Claire and Steve Waiksnoris, two urban professionals hailing from the Windy City that decided to do things a little bit differently.

We believe there are many roads to travel through life and we’re choosing to make ours more remarkable.

Driven by an interest in other cultures, a passion to see more of this beautiful world, and a desire to redefine our lifestyle we’ve decided to forego the conventional path of the 9 to 5. This adventure will be more than just learning things personally but also learning things together.

Our desire is to not only experience the world, but to experience the world side by side. Our hope is to inspire you to take risks, grow and make your own road remarkable.