Our planned two weeks in Chile slowly ballooned to a month. Its range of climates and geographic regions coupled with its affordable long distance bus services make it a great country to explore. Transportation Chile is a great country to travel in. Long distance buses run the length of most of the country and are… Continue Reading
Iguazú Falls was a bit out of the way for us and we knew that the bus tickets there and back would blow our budget for Argentina. We had already decided that we’d be making a return trip to Argentina at some point in the future that would focus on Patagonia so it was best… Continue Reading
After spending a week in Santiago we decided that we liked it so much that we wanted to stay for another week. While Chile in general can be expensive the primary drain on your pocketbook while traveling there comes from eating out and drinking. A hotdog and a beer can easily set you back US$8-10.… Continue Reading
San Pedro de Atacama is a town of around 4,000 people built around an oasis on a high desert plateau in northern Chile. While it is technically in the Atacama Desert it is further south than the more arid areas of the Atacama best known for not supporting life in any way, shape or form… Continue Reading
Peru was my idea. I’ve wanted to travel there for some time. While I had some idea of what to expect as far as some of the Inca sites go the rest was a bit of a mystery. Overall we enjoyed our time there but there were definitely some hiccups. Anytime you visit a new… Continue Reading
Our original plan was to only spend 4 or 5 days in Arequipa. However a gentleman from Canada who was staying at our hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica talked us into extending our stay. He was so convincing that I immediately extended our reservation. We were glad we did. Arequipa is the second largest… Continue Reading
It was only a matter of time until we met a fellow blogger on our trip. While on our tour of Tequile and Lake Titicaca we met Nathaniel from Berkeley, California. He and his girlfriend Alex were on a very ambitious and very cool adventure. Both of Alex’s parents are cops in Oakland and one… Continue Reading
If you search for information about visiting Machu Picchu you’re bound to come across a piece written by someone who was fascinated by photos of it as a kid and had wanted to visit ever since. There are a lot of them out there and I’m not any different. Mrs. Harold’s 7th grade Social Studies… Continue Reading
Huayna Picchu is the peak you see in the background of pictures of Machu Picchu. Two things you can’t really tell by looking at pictures of it: It is taller than it looks as it is not as close as it looks and there are terraced Inca ruins at the top of it. We decided… Continue Reading
We enjoy a proper pub crawl as much as the average Edgar Wright movie character but alcohol is expensive and if we’re going to do a pub crawl we’ll save it for when we visit a country with a pub culture. One of our favorite ways to save money when traveling is to self-cater and… Continue Reading
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