Category: South America
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Florianópolis Travel Guide: Epic Hikes, Beaches and the Most Rest I’ve Had in Years
I did a simple Google search for “where to go in Brazil” and Florianópolis kept coming up. More and more Western digital nomads are relocating there, and I see why. Floripa feels a lot like Portugal’s Azores, which makes sense. When Portugal colonized Brazil, settlers from the Azores were brought…
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A Weekend Trip from Lima, Peru: Huacachina, Paracas & Penguins
A quick trip out of Lima to Paracas and Huacachina: penguins, sea lions, sand dune buggying, and a desert mystery hundreds of years old.
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Bogotá Travel Guide: Coffee, Art, Spanish Lessons, and a City That Spoiled Me
I took a solo trip to Bogotá to celebrate my birthday. While I was there I took private Spanish lessons ($10/hour), drank incredible coffee, explored museums, shopped at local boutiques, and ate some of the best food in South America. It was one of those trips where a city quietly…
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Medellín Travel Guide: What It’s Like as a Solo Traveler & Digital Nomad
Is Medellín worth it? Where to stay (Laureles vs Poblado), the best cafés for working, the food, and the passport bro problem nobody warned me about.
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Asunción, Paraguay Travel Guide: Things to Do, Costs & What It’s Really Like
I showed up in Asunción with no plan. Cheap manicures, huge buffets, a hostel with cats, and some of the kindest people in South America.
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Buenos Aires Layover: How to Spend a Day in the City
I arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina at 12 PM and left the next morning at 9 AM. So this was not a deep cultural experience. It was a long layover from Uruguay to Chile during my accidental solo bachelorette trip. But I still managed to eat 4 dinners and form…
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Visiting Montevideo Uruguay: The Calm, The Cost, and The Culinary Reality
Montevideo is calm, pricey, and not a food city. What things cost, where to stay, walking the Rambla, and the meal I’m still mad about.