Gateway to the Patagonias : Puerto Mont
When you don't have time for a single meal during a trip you know that it was short, and also really full. We took the first flight out Santiago and the last one back for a day trip to Patagonia. Initially I was bummed to have to wake up super early and be on time and meh let me just enjoy my vacation will you, can I please be in the pool....but oh my, what a trip, so glad I made the effort. Only an hours flight out we reached early in the day and it took mere minutes to ge
Aint no Guru - guay : Montevideo
The first caveat here is that my views on Montevideo are solely based on a day trip I took from Buenos Aires. Total time spent in Montevideo : 10 hours. Don't any of you all come at me with but oh there is so much more to Montevideo, oh you don't know - the beauty lies within, oh you dont know how it is in the rest of the country blah blah blah. Yeah I get it. This is a commentary on the surface; I ain't no guru on Uru. Having said that, here goes. Montevideo is almost exactl
Kind of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires feels like it was made by and for the rich.The city is full of grand buildings that stand tall and proud, still holding the air of economic prosperity this city clearly enjoyed when they were built. The best places to walk around and see these incredible structures is the areas of La Recoleta and Retiro. To familiarize ourselves with the different neighborhoods, we started off the trip on a hop on hop off bus. Ignore the insistence to consistently play the sam
Maximum City, Mexico City
Mexico City has a problem. A PR problem. Literally every single person I spoke with before my trip was shocked that I was headed south, to the largest city on the western hemisphere, for fun. Did I want to be kidnapped, they asked. Was I taking along an armored car? Did I plan to be robbed? How was I going to get around the city? Uber?! Are you insane?! WTF was I getting myself into, I asked myself. I had done a substantial amount of online research but even the usually relia
