When our host for the month of June let us know days before our arrival that he was cancelling our reservation, a mad dash to find replacement lodging ensued. Were it not for World Cup tickets in Natal and flights booked to depart from Recife (two cities in the northeastern part of the country), we … Read more
Paulista Lofted Studio
June 25th, 2014 | Posted by in Brazil | Lodging | Speedbumps | The Places We've Been - (2 Comments)Rio de Janeiro House
June 10th, 2014 | Posted by in Brazil | Lodging | The Places We've Been - (1 Comments)Our house for the month of May was perched amid lush greenery one street from the base of Morro Dois Irmãos between Leblon and Vidigal (more on the location itself in our Everyday Essentials post). It was a fairly large house split into a number of apartments, at least 7 that we know of, and … Read more
Everyday Essentials: Rio de Janeiro
May 28th, 2014 | Posted by in Brazil | Everyday Essentials | Lodging | The Places We've Been - (6 Comments)This is a series detailing some of what appear at first to be more mundane details of a place, but will hopefully be illuminating as insights into the grind behind the “glamour.” Location and Safety Rio de Janeiro is a big place with a lot of variation in neighborhoods. Our rental this month, which we … Read more
The Breakdown: An “Alternate” Plan
May 8th, 2014 | Posted by in Brazil | Dogs | Lodging | Speedbumps | The Places We've Been - (Comments Off)Welp, it finally happened for the first time. The CR-Van broke down. We hopped in the car to leave São Paulo on a sunny Saturday morning, excited to hit the sexy beaches of Rio de Janeiro by that afternoon. After a few loopty-loops and a few curses lobbed at the GPS for her poor performance, … Read more
São Paulo Apartment
May 7th, 2014 | Posted by in Brazil | Lodging | The Places We've Been - (1 Comments)Our home in São Paulo was a compact 1-bedroom apartment on a double-digit floor of a big bland downtown building with a fantastic view, many built-in conveniences, and a super comfortable bed. From the outside, things felt a bit chaotic. The building sits at the intersection of two main-ish streets with lots of foot traffic and … Read more
Colonia Flat
April 15th, 2014 | Posted by in Lodging | The Places We've Been | Uruguay - (7 Comments)As we’ve mentioned in a few previous posts, we had the pleasure of meeting our host for our stay in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay prior to our arrival while we were still in Buenos Aires. Martín is a location independent computer guy like Ian who splits his time between the Argentine city and his quiet retreat … Read more
South on Ruta Nacional 3 – Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Argentina
February 11th, 2014 | Posted by in Argentina | Border Crossings | Chile | Lodging | The Places We've Been - (3 Comments)We departed our beloved Buenos Aires early on a Friday morning. 2,000 miles stretched before us and we planned to tackle the long journey south, including two international borders, over the course of four days. For us, this actually meant relatively leisurely drives of 10-12 hours per day, but for many overlanders, that is considered … Read more
Home in San Telmo
January 30th, 2014 | Posted by in Argentina | Lodging | The Places We've Been - (7 Comments)Having visitors tends to mean, among other things of course, that we have an excuse to look for lodging far nicer than we would if it were just the two of us. It’s not that any of our guests have been picky or demanding, but rather that being a group of people in a home … Read more
In La Paz
December 26th, 2013 | Posted by in Bolivia | Celebrations | Food | Lodging | Oh | The Places We've Been - (7 Comments)In La Paz… …residents live in the world’s highest de facto capital. At approximately 12,000 feet (the city sits in a bowl, so true altitudes range greatly from 10,500 to 13,500 feet), La Paz is Bolivia’s cultural or people’s capital while Sucre is the legal capital. The city itself has a population of 877,000, but … Read more