Polaroid of the week: Botero makes me happy | Medellin, Colombia
I’d been wanting to visit Medellin for years, and now I finally made it to Colombia’s second city. Read on to find out what I got up to in Fernando Botero’s hometown!
South America
Polaroid of the week: Surprised by Bogotá
Bogotá doesn’t have the best reputation – the more surprised was I when I arrived in Colombia’s capital and discovered that it’s actually a pretty cool city!
Polaroid of the week: Street art in Cali, Colombia
The place I was most excited to visit in Colombia – after Las Lajas – was Cali, the Salsa Capital of the world. But I found so much more there than salsa…
Our first look at Buenos Aires, through the eyes of a local
Not 24 hours after landing in Buenos Aires, we found ourselves being shown around the city by a local guide, the best way to see any city!
Inflation and the Blue Dollar: How much does it really cost to travel in Argentina?
We traveled 80 days through Argentina – how much money did we actually spent? Find out the best way to travel Argentina on the cheap and how to get the Blue Dollar rate.
She Said, She Said in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Is El Caminito / La Boca worth visiting?
El Caminito and La Boca are popular tourist spots famous for Tango and colorful buildings in Buenos Aires -Was it a great afternoon out or a tourist trap in a bad neighborhood? Find out what both of us thought and whether we recommend it to you in our new series She Said, She Said.
Salta, Argentina has all the makings of a charming city – so what was missing?
We have to admit that Salta left us unimpressed, even though the colonial town in northern Argentina seems to have it all and tourists love it. So what was missing?
She said, She said: Perspectives on an attempted robbery in Montevideo
On our first night in Montevideo, Uruguay, three teenagers attempted to rob us. This post looks at how the two of us perceived the same event in very different ways, plus the reality of travel safety in Montevideo.
Conveniently picturesque – a getaway to Uruguay’s Colonia del Sacramento
The historic center of this former Portuguese colony is just about picture perfect as it gets, but find out why many people make trips here just for the money (and why you should, too!).
Go Beyond… Central Santiago, Chile
The most recent in our Go Beyond series, we think you’ll be surprised just how much there is to do around the Chilean capital that even many locals don’t know much about.