Let me be completely honest up front – my memories of La Paz are a bit of a blur. I was suffering unbelievably bad altitude sickness, even though […]

Have you ever reached that point of traveling where everything starts to look the same? Same city landscape, same South American food, same language, same music, etc. It’s […]

Tango, arts and antiques have taken over San Telmo, the oldest barrio (neighborhood) in Buenos Aires. Cobblestone streets are lined with cafés, parillas, street performers and stunning colonial […]

My favorite place, easily, in Brazil is the northern district of Bahia. Sure, Rio gets all the fame but here the mix of Spanish and African heritage create […]

Earlier this month I wrote about 5 things I love about living and traveling long term in South America. Let’s be honest though; moving to a new continent, […]

The start of 2016 marked the official 2 year mark of my move to South America. Other than a few trips home, I have spent the majority of […]

Brazil is a country of very visible disparity. In other areas of the world, the poor are hidden away, driven out of the cities. In Brazil though, the […]

People visit Costa Rica for a lot of reasons – the cloud forests, the natural parks, the beautiful beaches, etc. People don’t usually come to Costa Rica with […]

Carnival is easily the biggest yearly event in South America. Not only due tourists and travelers from every inch of the globe flock to Rio, the whole continent […]

Passion is a word I fully understood only after visiting and living in South America. Here the word means so much more and you can feel it literally […]