Bogotá, Colombia and Lima, Peru are cities which share some superficial similarities and many differences.They are both the capitals and largest cities in their respective countries. They also both tend to be rather polarizing, and often overlooked or dismissed as destinations in their respective countries. I stayed in each of these cities for a month,…
I’ve been coming to Buenos Aires for the past 3 years, and have stayed in a whopping 9 different Airbnbs in different areas of the city. In other words, I changed Airbnbs every month. You might wonder why – wouldn’t it make more sense to stay in one place for 2 or 3 months instead…
Argentina is an absolutely amazing country, and that’s why I’ve come back for the third year in a row. And I have no regrets, even though some things have changed (prices, mainly). To be honest, I had some fleeting reservations about coming back after Javier Milei was elected in December 2023, because nobody could quite…
I’ve spent a fair amount of time between these two megacity capitals of the southern cone of South America, so I thought it might be fun to compare and contrast them. Very often people speak of Latin America as a monolith, when this couldn’t be further from the truth. There are big differences in terms…
I’ve come back to Argentina for the third year in a row, but instead of spending all my time based in Buenos Aires, this time I decided to give another city a try for the first month. I chose Mendoza for a few reasons. One, it’s just across the Andes from Santiago de Chile, where…
Santiago de Chile is a polarizing city. And I get it. Usually travelers who make it to the southern cone of South America are headed to Buenos Aires, at least as a first stop. BA has had a long-standing reputation as a beautiful, European-style, exciting, cultured, and ultra-cheap megacity. Santiago…has not. But is this fair?…