Chile: The Crazy weather in Torres Del Paine
“You are so lucky! We’re expecting to have the best weather of the year while you’re at Torres Del Paine! (TDP) These next five days are going to be spectacular, no clouds, blue skies and the best weather all year!” Exclaimed the woman giving the informative speech on what is considered the best national park [...]
A 12-hour crash course on Chile
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Ashley Day from America. Thanks for your entry Ashley! When I looked up from my last ham and cheese breakfast sandwich and saw a serious man in business clothes, I knew it was our guide—not because he was what I expected [...]
Extreme Wine Regions
There are the classic wine-making regions: the Rhône Valley, Chianti, Douro and many more. Prestige has often dictated that the most famous and respected vineyards lie within a relatively small corner of Western Europe, with notable exceptions. However, grapes are being grown in some seemingly inhospitable climates and strange locations all over the world. These [...]
Music made from Trash: Landfill Harmonic in Paraguay (Video)
WATCH: Music made from Trash The Landfill Harmonic in Paraguay is an orchestra with incredible spirit and sound. The instruments are all created from recycled materials found in the trash. The story is going to blow your mind. From the movie: People realize that we shouldn’t throw away trash carelessly. Well, we shouldn’t throw away [...]
Colombia: Amazing New Years Eve in Cartagena
Happy Nearly New Year to all! Thank you to everyone for all your support for our site, our trip and making our dreams come true! We left Los Angeles six months ago and have spent two months in Indonesia, two months in Thailand, 27 days in Myanmar (Burma) and have been in India since November [...]
Does “Jericoacoara” mean hidden gem in Brazilian Portuguese?
Without doubt, Brazil will become one of the world’s most talked about countries as they host the Football World Cup / Olympics double header in 2014 & 2016. Besides from the glitzy state of Rio de Janeiro, the country is absolutely full of great places to explore. Here are the virtues of heading to to [...]
Have you been Stuck in PayPal Jail?
Ever wonder if we have problems with money on the road? I have been STUCK IN PAYPAL JAIL twice already on this trip! Thank you to Nomadic Samuel for sharing our story on his site! It starts like this: After all my months and years on the road, I try to convince myself that I [...]
A Quest for Wonder: Easter Island (Video)
From Iguaçu I travel west over the Andes and beyond, over one of the emptiest stretches of water on the planet, en route to Easter Island, a fine dot on the map of the Pacific. If Iguaçu is full presence, Eastern Island is absence. Fretted by incessant winds, it is surrounded by a million square [...]
Interested in Living and Working Abroad?
It was March 2009. I had been working at my first “real job” in San Francisco for five months when I realized I didn’t want to sit in a cube. I wanted to travel. So, I quit. My new job, my new apartment, my new city, my new friends, and my new paychecks. I said [...]
The Last of the Hyacinth Macaws
One of the world’s most beautiful and intelligent birds lives in a few select areas of Brazil, but only three populations of the Hyacinth Macaw remain in the wild. One of these habitats occurs in remote Piaui State of northeastern Brazil, only a few hundred kilometers from the beaches, bars, and whorehouses of Bahia, but [...]
