Top tips before you travel to Argentina
Here are some pointers to note before you travel to Argentina: cash will be the bane of your life; how to tip in Argentina; taxi scams; plug types and more.
South America
Epic things to do in Baños, Ecuador: Land of the countless waterfalls
For most people visiting Ecuador, their favourite place is a toss-up between Montañita or Baños. For
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Quito, Ecuador’s mountainous centre of the earth
The city of Quito is a colonial beaut. Though Cuenca set some very high standards, Quito’s
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Montañita & Ayampe: Ecuador’s surfing paradise
Surfers’ paradise! Travellers flock to Montañita, Ecuador, for sun, waves and partying all year round. Parties flood onto the street & music pours out onto the beach until the early hours on Fridays & Saturdays, when long-haired travellers & local city-dwellers descend on the town.
Gateway to the Galapagos: Guayaquil, Ecuador’s riverside beating heart
We can’t lie, the vast majority of Guayaquil city is uuuuglyyyyyyy (promise me you said that
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Cuenca, where Ecuador’s ancestral roots & colonial culture collide
What a gorgeous city! Cuenca has a reputation as the Athens as Ecuador, due to its historical
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Copacabana, Bolivia: The town on the banks of Lake Titicaca
Most people go to Copacabana Bolivia to visit Isla del Sol and Isla de la Luna. There are both private tours and cheap shuttle boats to these islands.
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La Paz, Bolivia: What to do in the highest capital in the world
On first impression, La Paz, Bolivia, is just a big, ugly, dirty city, but once you
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Torotoro National Park, Bolivia’s epic jurassic adventure hub
Torotoro is famous for the nearby dinosaur footprints, as well as canyon, caves and interesting 7 mountain peaks. Other than activity tours, there’s not a huge amount to do or see once you get to Torotoro town itself, but the tours and following exhaustion should keep you busy enough.
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Cochabamba, Bolivia: The city with a Christ as big as Rio’s
We got very lucky with our visit to Cochabamba. On the night bus there from Santa Cruz, the German friend we were travelling with invited us to stay with his local amiga in the city. Adriana and her family were SO welcoming, we could never thank them enough.
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Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Lush things to do in the tropical city
Santa Cruz de la Sierra is a bit of a misfit in the category of Bolivian
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Orange-water waterfalls and pre-Incan ruins in Samaipata, Bolivia
This little town tucked away in the lush valleys between Sucre and Santa Cruz is a
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How to spend your time in Sucre, Bolivia’s beautiful administrative capital
Beauty, beauty everywhere! Sucre is the administrative capital city of Bolivia, though confusingly La Paz is
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Potosí, Bolivia: former silver-paved heart of the Spanish empire
Potosí, Bolivia – not to be mistaken for the mountain in Bolivia called Huayna Potosí –
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Uyuni, Bolivia: Making the most of the Salt Flats’ border town
So, you’ve just had the most epic 3 days of your life on the Bolivian Salt
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Santiago, Chile, the city they call soulless that took us by surprise
Although the capital has a name for itself as being boring and soulless, we LOVED this
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Penguins & Palafitos, Chile’s famous stilted houses of Castro, Chiloé Island
Just a short ferry ride away from the mainland of southern Chile is Chiloé Island, where
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Osorno: a chance to experience local life in small town Chile
Osorno is a town relatively untouched by tourism, so it gives you a real sense of
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The town with the pretty red church by the lake: Puerto Varas, Chile
We loved this little town in Chile’s lake district. Heavily influenced by German immigration, the architecture
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Is it worth going to Puerto Montt, Chile?
We aim to be honest on this blog, and for the sake of honesty we will
Sand dunes & fireworks in Valparaíso, Chile’s most vibrant city
This city is SO COOL. A little shabby round the edges, and it will have you
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Star-gazing in Copiapó & dipping into Bahía Inglesa, Chile’s answer to the Caribbean
Most backpackers skip mid-north Chile to head straight to San Pedro de Atacama for the Uyuni Salt Flats tour, or stop over at La Serena, famed for its beaches. We chose instead to visit Copiapó, Chile once we heard of the nearby beach of Bahía Inglesa, Chile’s Caribbean.
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How to book a Bolivian Salt Flats tour from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni
San Pedro, the gateway to Bolivia! There are few that would doubt that the small town
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The Beer Guide: Ecuador
Ecuador can be roughly split between the Lowlands of the coast and the Highlands inland. These