Category: Latin America travel
Allow me to offer a translation of sentiment. This was how you expressed an opinion on a nationality 75 years ago: Not all Mexicans are picturesque Indians in big …
I knew that I’d travel this year, but I had no idea where I’d be traveling to as the last days ticked away in 2011. There were no trips …
Traveling in a big city in developing countries often means dealing with nightmare traffic, thick blue smoke pollution, or both. A few have made efforts to turn at least …
Welcome to the Carnival of Cities blog carnival, where we tour the world in a single post, via submissions from a variety of different blogs, all about any aspect of …
Opened on March 15, 2012, in the heart of Panama City’s resurgent Casco Viejo, Tántalo is a property with a distinctly–and happily–split personality. Located in an old apartment complex …
A strong, chilly Pacific breeze swirled through the cavernous open-air dining room at Cafe BarKo, which was blanketed with a suffocating Monday evening silence. A few scant couples carrying …
It felt like cutting into a flat marshmallow with the side of a fork, soft yet still a bit firm, but instead of gelatin I was digging into a …
While there’s no shortage of cheap and cheerful neighborhood eateries, Panama City is the perfect place to lighten up the wallet, pack on a few extra kilos, and wine …
By Luke Maguire Armstrong Every year in Guatemala on November 1st, families flock to cemeteries to paint communal tombs and celebrate those who have passed on by releasing colossal …
Today was earmarked as a transit day in our eight-day odyssey through Panama, which depending on where you’re traveling to and how you’re getting there can be something travelers …
By Camille Cusumano “Everywhere I look I see dead eyes,” thinks a Buenos Aires expat as she visits the Feria la Salada, a market that lives up to its …
By Tim Leffel Venturing into the wild adventure capital of Mexico, a group of tour guides gets a lesson in what not to do with their clients. The rafting …
