Mexico City, Cuidad de Mexico, D.F.

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Mexico City is a place with many names and many personalities. Polluted. Sprawling. Enormous. Those were pretty much the first words that came to my mind when I thought about Mexico City and yet, we despite not a single positive word that came to mind, were drawn to visit. Having skipped Mexico City the first [...]

Forced to Change Plans

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I know we’ve sanctimoniously posted about how to find things to do in the rain, but there are just some rain storms you don’t play around with: That’s right, a hurricane. In Mexico City for a few days before heading to Cancun for a friend’s wedding, we opened our email early Sunday morning to a [...]

So, You Want to Make A Travel Show!

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Editor’s Note: There are lots of travel blogs out there, so setting yourself apart can be a difficult & creative endeavor. We asked Mehdy Ghannad from The Hostel Life, to share with us a behind the scenes look at what it takes to put together an episode of his show. People always say, “You have [...]

My first trip abroad

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Do you remember your first trip abroad? I was fourteen when I first went overseas. Headed to the United Kingdom with a student group, I thought I was the coolest fourteen year old on the planet.  I remember putting on make-up for my passport photo – real make up and for probably the first and [...]