Continuing our long standing obsession with the best and cheapest of the world’s street food, the Honduras Baleada provides some heavy competition in what reigns supreme. Think of the Baleada like a cross between a quesadilla and a soft taco. The basic foundation is a thick handmade flour tortilla stuffed with pureed black beans, meat/seafood, [...]
Antigua is an artsy town. It feels cultured and intellectual, as if each piece of cobblestone was lain down based with an artist’s eye. It is the type of place that begs for long, thoughtful meals– staring out at the surrounding volcanos and the tips of church steeples in the background. Morning sun spreads a [...]
We must be getting good at this. On the morning of our first day here, we strolled down the street and found our regular breakfast place within minutes. Six days later, it remains our morning ritual. It’s the kind of place where the border between the restaurant and the family living room is indefinable. The [...]
Hostels make me feel old sometimes. Especially in a party city like Rio, especially when it’s only a few weeks from carnival. Try as I might, I can’t stay up late. My night out is a drink at the hostel bar- the equivalent of a pre-party for the majority of my dorm mates. There at [...]
Salvador is our first unhosted stop on our journey, and thus our first experience staying in the dorm room of a hostel. We were lucky to have booked a great place that we both feel really comfortable at. It is a great start to what will certainly be a year of dorm rooms and shared [...]