People fascinate me. How they look. How they talk. How they smell (bem, not all people smell “fascinating”). But people are definitely one of the major things that I observe and analyze while traveling. Interacting with the local people & discovering…
In Part 1 of this 2-part series, I detalhado meus estereótipos de Cuba, que acabou por ser falsa. Although they were far fewer, I definitely had some stereotypes of Cuba that turned out to be true during my travels there. Estereótipo:…
"Para viajar é descobrir que todo mundo está errado sobre os outros países." – Aldous Huxley For an American preparing for a trip to Cuba, não houve escassez de cenários que passaram pela minha cabeça. Como iria viajar através de um comunista,…
I consistently get questions, warnings, & advice from all sorts of people about my safety while traveling. At first I thought that this was just a temporary thing. I thought that after I uploaded a certain amount of Facebook pictures showing…
![Obstacles When Learning Spanish: Part 2 [PODCAST]](https://www.wheresthegringo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/thank_you_note_for_every_language-670x300.jpg "Obstáculos Quando Aprender espanhol: Parte 2 [PODCAST]")
Quais são alguns dos obstáculos comuns quando aprendem espanhol? Aprender espanhol é difícil! The challenge to learn another language is a huge commitment, e mais do que provável que você vai querer desistir em algum momento. Esta é a segunda parte de…
When you think of Costa Rica, you think of the beach. Sure you’ve got the rain forest, the volcanoes, the monkeys, & the rivers, but most people go to Costa Rica to get some serious beach bumming in. In fact,…
Couchsurfing.org is one of the greatest internet inventions ever for traveling, but unfortunately over the years some people have done their best to turn it into another sleazy “hook-up” network, and use the website to get play. Before I go further…
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln Most every traveler has a story from their early days of traveling (maybe the first trip), that they are…
I recently spent almost a month in Rio de Janeiro this past summer during the World Cup, and after doing so I want to publicly declare that this is the best city in the world. There’s a lot of places I haven’t been,…
Mexico City, Ciudad de México, México DF, or as the locals simply call it DF (Distrito Federal). Mexico City is a modern-day megalopolis, with over 20 million inhabitants, and seems to scare everyone else away. The city gets a bad rep for being dirty, noisy…