Spanish In The City in Panamá City, Panamá
Spanish In The City is a spacious and modern hostel and Spanish language school set in a safe and wealthy residential neighborhood of Panamá City. Part of the Spanish At Locations chain of hostels/Spanish schools, you can choose from a list of many different language courses or simple enjoy the hostel. With only four rooms […]
2/3 of our South American Travel Highlights – Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
So, due to our crazy schedule changes, we’re actually past the 2/3 mark on our trip :-(. But, since we just left South America and are heading to Central, we figured now would be the most logical time to do our “Close-enough-to-2/3rds” superlatives! Days in South America: 168 Dollars Spent (not including flight): Countries Visited: […]
Quilotoa Loop, Part 2: Ecuador Hiking from Isinlivi to Chugchilan
After a wonderfully healthy and filling breakfast at Hostal Llullu Llama, we headed out for our second day on the Quilotoa Loop, Ecuador hiking. We had some directions from the hostel, which we had been making fun of the night before (with a guy who had just done the hike in reverse). There were many lines […]
Hotel Pichincha in Cuenca, Ecuador
Hotel Pichincha is literally the cheapest place to stay in central Cuenca, the most expensive city in Ecuador. It’s a godsend in a city full of accommodations calling themselves “hostels” but charging $20 per person per night, minimum. Hotel Pichincha is literally the cheapest place to stay in central Cuenca, the most expensive city in […]
Boat Hitchhiking to Trinidad, Bolivia – Part 4
After finally getting off La Pinta and setting foot back on dry land, we found ourselves in basically the middle of nowhere. We were happy that River boat hitchhiking in Bolivia was done. It was a tiny port with a few rundown boats parked and a few thatch shacks at the end of a dirt […]
We Hate Loki
Before reading this, read yesterday’s post, because the two together are meant to appropriately demonstrate our love-hate relationship with Loki Hostel. It was a blast running the bar. The experience we gained because of it will definitely help us if we ever want bartending jobs in the future. But another thing that we really like […]
We Love Loki
“LOKI LOKI LOKI!” someone shouts as we all raise our glasses. “Oi oi oi!” we respond in Aussie fashion, slam our glasses down on the bar, and proceed to chug our Blood Bombs. A Blood Bomb consists of a shot of mostly vodka with a few drops of grenadine dropped into a half-glass of Red […]
Culture Shock! Would everyone just SHUT UP already????
Culture Shock! Would everyone just SHUT UP already???? As I’m typing this, it is 8am on a lazy morning at our downtown hostel in Ica, Perú. There’s no reason for me to be awake right now, especially since I wasn’t tired last night and didn’t go to bed until around 1am. And then did I […]
The South America Tourist feature
The South America Tourist feature Our awesome announcement for the new year is that we are now official contributors on The South America Tourist website. We’re writing hostel reviews for the site as we travel and our first post went up today! It’s about our great experience at Laguna Surf Camp, in Máncora, Perú and […]
Between Colombia and Ecuador. The border.
Between Colombia and Ecuador. The border. After visiting Las Lajas, we rode another taxi van from Ipialas to the border of Ecuador several miles away. The border crossing was a quick and pain-free formality. We were not asked even one question, just filled out a short form and hurried on our way. In Ecuador they […]