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Advertising Latin Style – Travel Video Clip 6

By on January 5, 2012 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos After traveling throughout Central America and South America, we have experienced our share of unique cultural norms in Latin America, one of which includes putting home speakers on your car and advertising loudly through the streets. This wasn’t an occasional site, it was a frequent site, often advertising for events, [...]

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New Year’s Eve in Ecuador – Travel Video Ep. 19

By on December 25, 2011 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos We celebrate fun Ecuador traditions on New Year’s Eve in this HD travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Chone, Ecuador during the Holidays.  In travel video episode #19, we join Aracely’s family in her hometown of Chone to experience the chaos that is New Year’s [...]

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Colombia Holiday with Christmas Lights – Travel Video Ep. 18

By on December 21, 2011 ]

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos An incredible display of Christmas lights / Los Alumbrados Medellín in this HD travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Medellín, Colombia during the Holidays.  In travel video episode #18, we brave the splashing fountains of water and follow our Couchsurfing friend, Claudia, to the Rio [...]

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Travel Tips – Land Border Crossing Checklist

By on December 14, 2011 ]

With ten land border crossings under our belt, it’s time to share travel tips about our experience with land border crossings.  Our first land border crossing was from Guatemalato El Salvador and it involved a boat ride, two bus rides and a walk across a long bridge separating the borders.  We admittedly were nervous.  It [...]

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Things to do in Rio de Janeiro

By on October 12, 2011 ]

Brazil attracts a lot of tourists each year for a lot of different reasons. With the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympic games, Rio de Janeiro is likely only going to grow in tourism popularity. But, in South America’s third largest city, how will you find things to do in Rio de Janeiro? Here are some travel [...]

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Hiking in Patagonia – Torres del Paine Part 1

By on September 16, 2011 ]

Patagonia travel triggers visions and feelings of extreme adventure for trekkers around the world.  You’ve seen the pictures on-line and you’ve heard stories about the unpredictable weather, vast glaciers, snow capped Andes mountains and the dramatic reward of hiking in Patagonia.  Are you ready to hike one of the most renowned treks in the world? [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day: Flying Heron at Tayrona Beach in Colombia

By on September 14, 2011 ]

In Tayrona National Park, an hour outside Santa Marta, Colombia, Jason and I were hiking to Cabo Beach. We both had camera in hand capturing all the beauty of these beaches during our Colombia travel.  I spotted a heron at the back of the beach near the woods.  I got my camera ready to take a [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day: Castillo de San Felipe Cartagena Colombia

By on September 10, 2011 ]

During the seventeenth century, the Spanish paid for prominent European military engineers to build the fortresses which are today Cartagena’s most significant identifying features. Engineering works took well over 208 years and ended with some eleven kilometers of walls surrounding the city, including the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas shown below. In 1984, Cartagena’s [...]