Latin America

These travelogues chronicle my adventures through Latin America as I journey from the United States through Mexico and down to El Salvador.

... is always hard. So instead here is an excerpt from Amber's travelpod entry.... ========================================================================= My last day in Latin America and I´m beginning to feel a little sad. In the last 6 months, we ...

Paraguay is back in Latin America for us. The change in crossing the border was amazing. Life is less ordered, less clean and everyone told us to have "mucho ojo" (be careful) with our things. That last comment made us rather paranoid since it was backed ...

... have sustained considerable damage. Anyway, after that I decided to check out a local (not touristy at all) market. I LOVE markets in Latin America. You can find just about anything you could ever need and get a great meal for under a dollar. I actually ...

... be presented as though they are rock solid, scientific certainties.) Best Food - There are only two cuisines really worth mentioning in Latin America, Mexican and Peruvian.  Mexico is the clear winner in this category, and to me ranks up near the top ...

... one million penguins! Going back to its similarity with home, though, we have noticed the great number of Swiss travelling in Latin America, and the number seems to increase the further South you go. It seems we are drawn to locations that are ...

... been overcast up until then. I guess how it all was more spacious and a little run-down matched my perception of Latin America, in some sense. I walked through the town of Colonia to the old city center. Here along the cobblestone streets many Portuguese ...

... and date specific planning.  Instead we came up with a modular plan.  We divided the world into 4 large areas:  1) Latin America  2)  Asia/India  3) Africa + parts of Europe  4) South Pacific (including Australia, NZ, ...

... had coffee, and talked 'crap'. Great time. So... I am now at the end of what has been an incredible 8 month tour of Latin America. After such a long time I think it is only natural to wax lyrical about how one feels and what one has learnt. I ...