I hadn’t even realized until right now, this very moment, that this will be the fourth consecutive year I’ve been overseas for Thanksgiving.  It’s probably the one holiday I […]

Listen, I’ve been making Venezuelan arepas for over twenty years. I started with my abuela in her tiny kitchen, and I’ve probably shaped tens of thousands since then. […]

Before I set out on my journey to Latin America in 2013, I was armed with some vague ideas of how it would progress–i.e. where I would begin, […]

As I left Córdoba to make my way to Mendoza, Argentina, a world-famous wine region, I tried for once to be a prudent traveler and book a hostel […]

With the end of my current travel adventure in sight, I realized that it was time to do some serious prioritizing to really squeeze the maximum amount of […]

Backpacking through South America presents some interesting challenges. Unlike other popular backpacking destinations like Europe or Southeast Asia, each country is rather sizable; getting between cities by air […]