A Buenos Aires Afternoon On Human Rights Day
Buenos Aires is no joke. It's huge, it's loud, it's lively, it's fast, it's dynamic, and it just so happens that I arrived on December 10th, which is Argentina's annual Human Rights Day. Imagine streets filled with passionate throngs of people, all carrying banners...
From Uruguay To Argentina By Boat
This one's easy. Once you're done with exploring Colonia, head southwest (about a 10min walk from the old city) towards the ferry dock along Rivera Ave. You'll see the ferry station there; it's quite obvious: It's also very nice inside. There's a...
Colonia “In 30 Minutes”
To give you an idea how small Colonia is, I went out to explore Colonia at around 7:30am and by 8am I was back at my hostel, having felt like I saw everything, twiceover. Even my hostel buddies told me I wasn't delusional; it also took them "only a half an hour to see...
The Cheapest Way Into Buenos Aires: Montevideo
...is via Montevideo, Uruguay. Compare one way flight from NYC to Buenos Aires for about $950 USD, to a one way flight from NYC to Montevideo for $400 USD (It's that cheap if you buy at least 6 weeks ahead, but even if you don't, the most expensive it gets is...
How to Pack For Antarctica
How do I pack for 4 days of this.... With this? I start with my clothes -- 3 short sleeved synthetic (quick drying) shirts, 2 long sleeved synthetic shirts, 3 cotton shirts, 2 cargo pants, 5 underwears, 5 smart wool socks, 2 heavy smart wool socks, 2 dress...
Dare We Dream For 2014?
2014 Trips April: South America Late April: Pirates of the Caribbean December: Extreme Southeast Asia April 2014: SOUTH AMERICA April 9th - April 22nd View Monsoon Diaries 2014 in a larger map When I went to South America for...
The Pakistan Visa Requirements For U.S. Citizens
With my American passport, I'm no stranger to visa red tape and bureaucratic hell. I had to go through it for North Korea, for Iran, for Myanmar, and lately, for Pakistan. But what was supposed to be a routine and well paved out path to acquire a visa for my...
Goodbye Iceland: The Blue Lagoon
So I calculated that I've gotten only 7 hours of sleep in 72 hours during this trip. Gross. Decided to sleep in this morning, getting a whopping 5 hours more and thus totaling my sleep count to 12 hours in the last 96 hours. But not surprisingly, still feeling...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
