Archive for Category: "South America"
Buenos Aires Like a Local & Peter’s Top 5 Argentina Tips
In just a couple of weeks, Peter Greenberg and Michelin will launch their Like a Local series, and we’re sharing an insider’s look at some of Peter’s local secrets. Check back next week for a different video from another Like a Local destination and watch Peter’s first Like a Local report from Miami and his [...]
Carnival Travel 2012: Business & Safety Concerns in Brazil After Police Strike
After recent police strikes, Brazil’s traditional Carnival celebration was in jeopardy. Editor Lily J. Kosner checks on travel safety at one of the world’s largest and costliest Carnivals and lays out what you need to know this year. Every year 4 million revelers, including 500,000 foreign travelers, head to Rio de Janeiro and until two [...]
Ask Peter: Peter Answers Your Travel Questions–1.7.12 Edition
Tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio (click here to find your local station or here to listen to the most recent podcast) each week to hear Peter solve callers’ travel problems and answer listeners’ questions. This week Peter offers advice on the best way to experience Machu Picchu, getting access to the Galapagos Islands, credit card insurance coverage, [...]
Peru’s Wilder Side: Go Beyond Machu Picchu to the Manu Biosphere
The mystical ruins of Machu Picchu are not the last undiscovered treasure in Peru. Lynn Langway reports from the Manu Biosphere Preserve, an unspoiled wilderness in the Southeastern Amazon basin that neither the Incas nor the Spanish ever conquered—and most travelers still miss. The red howler monkeys had barely finished roaring at the dawn when our [...]
Exploring Machu Picchu and Peruvian Amazon Cruises
Sometimes, a great adventure begins by finding something new. Other times, it comes from following the footsteps of history’s greatest adventurers. Melinda Newman heads to the Peruvian Amazon on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Machu Picchu and finds hidden rewards on and off Hiram Bingham’s historic path. Peru may be [...]
Colombia Travel: Musical Slideshow of Medellin
In the 1980s and 1990s, Medellín, Colombia, was synonymous with drug violence, with notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar as its most famous resident. But today, almost two decades after the death of Pablo Escobar, crime has dropped dramatically and Colombia’s second-largest city is undergoing something of a renaissance. Get a glimpse of the new Medellín [...]
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Opening a B&B, Part 2
Moving to a foreign country to open a B&B may sound like a dream come true, but like operating any business, it’s a learning process all the way. Marcela Swenson follows up with part two of the 10 things she wished she knew before getting hitched and moving down to Medellín, Colombia to open a [...]
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Opening a B&B, Part 1
Have you ever imagined running off to another country to open a bed & breakfast? It may sound like a long-term extension of a dream vacation, but the trials and tribulations of running a small business in a foreign country are plentiful. A mere six months after tying the knot in Los Angeles, one young [...]
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