One of my best tips for cooking while traveling is to cook local foods. Not only does this let you participate in a country’s food culture without spending money on going out to eat all the time, but it also allows you the opportunity to cook new foods that you wouldn’t or couldn’t cook at …
They love Fiestas Patrias, or Independence Day, in Santiago. I’m talking five-day festivals, decorations in every bar and restaurant for weeks, and flags everywhere. People seem to be more excited about Independence Day than we’ve ever seen anyone be about futbal (and they also love futbal in South America). We didn’t plan to be in Santiago for …
I’m excited to share my first post for a new series on Lattes & Runways: Recipes from the Road. In this series, I’ll take you into the Airbnb kitchens we find ourselves in and the meals we make in them. I’ve found fairly little information about this topic around the travel community, and I’m hoping …
The technology for this trip was easily the most expensive part of our packing list. Because of that, we put a lot of thought and planning into what we wanted to purchase and bring with us. It needed to be reliable, small and multi-functional. Not only did we need physical devices, we also needed to …
Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is a pretty massive undertaking. Due to limited permits allowed on the trail, you have to pay a hefty fee and plan so far in advance. Once you’ve booked your trek, you now have six months (or more) to work out the details like your flight and accommodations, …
Origin: Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) Destination: Santiago, Chile (SCL) Flight Cost: $138 + 25,000 United points for two Payment Method: Cash + Points Value per Point: $0.013 Flight Date: 9/12/17 Flight Time: 1 Hour 52 Minutes Total Travel Time: 7 Hours Flight Delay: 0 Miles Covered: 803 Airline: Air Canada Plane: Boeing 787 Class: Economy Entertainment: Modern Family & Big Bang Theory Amenity Kit: None Food: Chicken Sandwich …
We have arrived at our last country in South America! That means only five more days of bumbling Spanish, business hours we will never understand and history lessons of Spanish conquests of ancient civilizations. In a way, I can’t believe we’re already here, and yet it also feels like a lifetime ago that we got off …
Our City Scorecard is designed to share our high-level review of a city based on metrics that are important to us and that we think are important to travelers. The number of things we’re able to try, the amount of time we can spend in a city, and even the weather and season during which …
I’m so excited I can’t even sleep. I really wish I slept. I hope I like these people. It’s too early to talk to strangers. I’m not sure I’ve ever been happier to get roadside coffee. I don’t think this coffee is working. Small talk is the worst, but these people seem okay. Breakfast! Oh, …
I am really into packing lists. I will spend days perfecting my packing list in Excel or in a notebook, and then when I actually pack, it takes me about ten minutes because I’m so overly prepared. Packing for a four-day hike through the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was no different. I have poured …