South America

Argentina: Travel tips and fails

Tips:

Argentina: Long layover in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires was a big and developed enough city that I figured I would really only want a day there. So I picked a flight that had a 10 hour layover here before I returned to the states. The city is huge with multiple mini neighborhoods. The popular parts…

Argentina: Córdoba

I originally didn’t know about Cordoba. My uneducated self didn’t know it was such a large (second largest in Argentina actually) city, and came her just for the farm that I would work in. But due to communication issues, I ended up getting three extra days (3 more than planned 0 days) in the…

Argentina: Workaway in Mendoza (San Rafael)

Mendoza is the malbec capital of Argentina. The city is full of students and tourists looking to do super naturey things. Every outdoorsy excursion event you can think of, Mendoza has it. But within the small city, though there are an abundance of parks…

Colombia: Medellin

Medellin is the city in the Antioquia department famous for Pablo Escobar’s cocaine business. Similar to Bogota in size and level of development, Medellin offers a more modern vibe than the traditional Bogota. A ton of tourists from North America come to party for cheap, too.

Colombia: Chivor

Chivor is one of the towns in Colombia that produce emeralds. Other areas like the states and Africa produce emeralds too, but many emerald connoisseurs claim that only emeralds from Colombia are the true ones. The ones in Colombia are produced in sedimentary rocks, but the others are in…

Colombia: Boyaca

Boyaca is a department north of Bogota. It is famous for its history in the independence war against Spain, its hospitability, iconic ruanas, and its beautiful colonial archiecture. Many of the villages have been selected as the most beautiful villages in Colombia and often described as a place…

Colombia: WWOOF on a Chocolate farm

TDLR;

I got to milk a cow, take care of horses and goats, learn how chocolate is made seed to bar, and had a wonderful family to stay with. All only for a few hours of my day everyday, and round trip fare to and from the farm.

Colombia: Bogota: Food tour

Bunuelo: Fried ball of goodness. It’s sort of like an unfrosted donut hole with a cheesy twist. Many, many places in Bogota will sell this (along with the same set of other foods) but look out for places that fry them fresh! This place always had a long line outside when they…