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The Driest Place on Earth: From Bolivia’s Salt Flats To Chile’s Atacama Desert

Diego Cupolo — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:14:16 +0000

Pan-American Transmissions: Part 11 “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. Check back as new dispatches are posted from the road. Pink flamingos wade through blood-red [...]

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8 Stunning Photos From Lake Atitlan

Matt Stabile — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:06:57 +0000

Lake Atitlan in Guatemala — the 1.8-million-year-old 600-meter-deep volcanic lake located a couple hours from Guatemala City — is usually the highlight of anyone’s trip to the country, with its picturesque volcanoes towering over the lake, the small villages clustered along the shorelines and the chocolate shaman who seek spiritual enlightenment in cups [...]

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How A Radish Festival In Oaxaca Made Me Feel Like A Mexican

Matt Stabile — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:31:31 +0000

“Oye chica! Tenga aca. Te invitamos!” Someone was calling to me as I walked by a makeshift tent on the side of the street in Oaxaca’s old center. Curious, I joined the speaker, a young Mexican man, as well as a few others, underneath their tent. They had set up [...]

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Explore The Colors Of Puerto Vallarta [Travel Video]

Matt Stabile — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:11:06 +0000

Ever heard of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera? Me either, until I watched the above video from Andrew Julian who did a little test run of his new camera while on a trip to Mismaloya, a small village located just south of Puerto Vallarta. (Fun fact: parts of Predator were filmed [...]

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My Failed Attempt To Conquer Cotopaxi

Matt Stabile — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:41:12 +0000

Two grueling hours of climbing through ashy volcanic dirt, each frustrating step taken, I slid backward half a step. We progressed slowly, rhythmically. Sergio, our Ecuadorian guide lead the way, with Stonie and I tagging along, bundled up in bright blue and red, wearing steel-toed boots, equipped with a light [...]

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My Encounter With Keith, The Chocolate Shaman Of Guatemala

Matt Stabile — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:47:32 +0000

The mist smells of banana leaves and wood smoke, the scent of the Guatemalan highlands when it rains. Mothers carry firewood on their heads and get knocked around by a downpour that’s like bowls of dirty water being thrown from the sky. Village children in hand-woven clothes hide under a [...]

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Michael Palin: The Greatest British Traveler Of Our Age?

Matt Stabile — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:30:35 +0000

Everyone’s favorite ex-Monty Python member turned traveler turned three-year term as president of the Royal Geographical Society, Michael Palin, is back with a new travel series, Brazil With Michael Palin, which recently began airing on the BBC, and hopefully coming to a local station (or Netflix) soon. Palin, who long [...]

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Shhh, Don’t Tell Anyone: The Best Caribbean Islands Are Actually Off The Coast Of Central America

Matt Stabile — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:24:05 +0000

The little-known secret that most tourists don’t know about and that many travelers like to keep to themselves is that fact that most of the best Caribbean Islands to visit are not those found in that linear line of islands stretching southward from Florida’s southern tip, but rather are found [...]

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Why Touring Buenos Aires By Camera Is The Best Way To See The City

Diego Cupolo — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:12:20 +0000

With its grandiose architecture, beautiful people and downright gritty street scenes where all these elements come together, Buenos Aires is a city made for photography, and according to the founders of Foto-Ruta, there is no better way to tour Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, than to do it through the lens [...]

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Into The Andes: The High Road Through Ecuador

Diego Cupolo — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:48:25 +0000

Pan-American Transmissions: Part 8 “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. Check back as new dispatches are posted from the road. When Ania was a little [...]

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