Country Guide: Bolivia

Country Guide: Bolivia

Heading to Bolivia?  Here’s our brief guide on what not to miss! Access: Air – La Paz or santa Cruz. Land – Lake Titicaca (Peru), The Salar and the Atacama (Chile), Amazon and Pantanal (Brazil) Points of Interest: Bolivian Amazon – One of the cheapest and easiest points to access the Amazon rain forest. Travel [...]

Foodie Friday- The Enjoyment of Mate

Foodie Friday- The Enjoyment of Mate

I first heard of Mate traveling in Guatemala on my semester abroad from college. I didn’t try it but I did remember it and when I saw it again, and had the opportunity again, chose not to try it again. I figured that since I was going to Brazil, Argentina, and Chile I should wait [...]

Money Management – Credit Cards Take 1

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People often ask us how we manage our money while we’re abroad. Do we just use cash, can we use credit cards, how much do we pay in fees, etc. Although we have a nice little page (ishouldlogoff.com/finance) devoted to how we do this, there are a couple of things left unsaid on that page. [...]

Incomplete Information

Using a guidebook is a blessing and a curse. It provides tons of information, but somewhere in the back of your mind you have to remind yourself that the guidebook can always be misleading or even (gasp!) wrong. We once flipped through a guidebook on the USA which referred to the Grand Canyon as the [...]