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Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Marco and Bruno Lucarelli for help compiling this amazing list of the best Sao Paulo restaurants! Their foodie advice and Brazilian cuisine wisdom is much appreciated. In 2004, Food and Wine magazine called Sao Paulo the country’s glamour capital, highlighting the fact that foodies were flocking to Brazil to sample [...]
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In case you were wondering (or were looking for some great party trivia), the relatively unknown Chiloe Island is the unofficial start of the south of South America. Although it’s unsaid, Patagonia starts here: it’s wetter, colder and the culture changes dramatically from the northern mainland. In fact, it is completely different from mainland Patagonia [...]
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Like any traveler, when you reach a new country you want to explore it’s art, history, culture and livelihood. You yearn to breath in the spirit of the people and if you are in Rio de Janeiro you want to learn the joys of the Carioca (a local who is from Rio). Yes there are [...]
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Argentina’s capital is arguably South America’s liveliest, sexiest city. It’s also one of the most Western with colonial architecture giving it a decidedly Spanish feel. Despite recent economic troubles, Buenos Aires can turn out to be a pricey stopover for the budget traveller, especially if you go nocturnal which is almost impossible not to do. [...]
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This article was submitted anonymously. I was put on assignment by my company in Campinas, Brazil with less than 3 weeks notice. But I was younger and single and it thus was a cool adventure. Plus I was living in a city I do not like, so getting away was even more appealing. My lease [...]
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Ruta del Spondylus, Ecuador: a place where you can awake to the thunder of the surf crashing outside your door and exotic, colorful birds singing their early morning songs. Do you long for leisurely strolls along an endless beach of silken sand, blissfully in the moment gathering sand dollars and seashells while watching the humpback [...]
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Flying into the “Katmandu of South America,” the plane flew alongside the jagged snow-capped mountain peaks, which seemed to grow dizzyingly higher as we descended into the valley. On my first adventure to the southern hemisphere, descending vertiginously into the valley that sheltered the capital of the Inca Empire that, at its peak, had spread [...]
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Do you love chocolate? Then you’ll love the new book by Susie Norris called Chocolate Bliss. You might be wondering to yourself how the world of travel and chocolate align? Well, read on to find out about finding your own chocolate travel bliss….
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When Grant Lingel got in touch and asked if I’d read his new book, Imagine: A Vagabond Story, I said sure – why not – by title alone it sounded great, and it was his tales of exploring Central America, an area of the world I don’t know all that well. If you’re active in [...]
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Summer Solstice. You know, the longest days of the year. They provide fascinating backdrops for some of the world’s most enigmatic sighting spots. Here are seven spots where, on the day of a summer solstice, you can see the work and legacy of people (sometimes long gone) really shine… Stonhenge – England Summer solstice at [...]
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