Get lost!
Get lost!
From US desert road trips and Mexico’s cenotes to Iguazu’s viewpoints, Caribbean waterfall hikes, and high‑altitude drives in Bolivia, explore the region through firsthand reports.
This category brings together practical guides, itineraries, and tips for traveling across North, Central and South America and the Caribbean—what to expect, how to plan, and where the experience is worth the effort.
Eastern Bolivia is often overlooked. Most travelers head for the Andes, the Salar de Uyuni or the Amazon. Yet the lowlands around Santa Cruz hide places that feel completely different—quieter, more authentic, and refreshingly free of crowds. This multi-day road …
I arrive in Guadeloupe planning to hop aboard my friend Braňo’s catamaran and try a few days of life at sea in a part of the world that’s new to me—the Caribbean. The original plan leaves me a day or …
Picture an almost three‑kilometer wall of water plunging in hundreds of streams into a deep canyon. You can hear the roar hundreds of meters away and a fine mist hangs in the air. That’s the first impression of Iguazu Falls—one …
How many cenotes are there on the Yucatán Peninsula? No one knows the exact figure. Estimates put it at more than six thousand. Some are major tourist attractions with parking lots full of buses. Others are small, almost unassuming spots …
What does a road trip that, in just under two weeks, takes you across a slice of the American West — from Arizona’s desert canyons to Yellowstone’s geothermal wonders — look like? The route starts in Las Vegas and ends …
Bolivia isn’t your typical holiday destination. There’s no coastline and the infrastructure isn’t exactly slick. Distances are on a different scale than in Europe. Many regions are sparsely populated, elevations often sit above 3,000 meters, and services we take for …
On our summer 2025 trip to Bolivia, it didn’t take long to learn that fuel—both gasoline and diesel—is a real issue. We’d heard about shortages before we flew out, and it wasn’t just rumor: the Hertz rental manager who handed …
We spotted the Hoyada Ulo crater on the map before leaving our guesthouse in the village of Coquesa. We’d planned to work the visit into our travel day from Coquesa to Llica, but a tricky stretch of road threw our …
The town of Llica sits on the western edge of the Salar de Uyuni, high on Bolivia’s Altiplano. It’s a quiet, unassuming place that feels a little cut off from the world—and in a place like this, you naturally want …
While tracing the western edge of the Uyuni Salt Flat, we penciled in a small detour: the Aguas Termales de Empexa. On the map it looked like a tempting bonus, but on the ground we had no idea whether we …