February 2012 Archives - Twenty-Something Travel

Archive for February, 2012

La Boca: The Fakest Spot in Buenos Aires

Posted on 28. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

Even if you’ve never heard of La Boca you would probably recognize it: A street lined with a vibrant rainbow of eclectic ramshackle buildings shining in the sun. It’s probably one of the most famous images of Buenos Aires. This is interesting and strange, because the rest of the city looks absolutely nothing like this [...]

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Friday Postcard: Morning at the Grand Canyon

Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

Proof you don’t need an expensive name brand camera to take an awesome pic. @grandcanyonngvc took this with an Android! (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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Backpacker Battle: South America vs. South East Asia

Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

In my head the last few months I’ve been comparing South East Asia and South America. Not in terms of all that unquantifiable yet rewarding stuff: the culture, the amazing sites, the up close experiences. Obviously those things can’t be compared. I’ve been thinking instead about the backpacker experience and how it measures up between [...]

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Behind the Closed Door: Buenos Aires’ Secret Restaurants

Posted on 21. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

First let’s get one thing straight: The food in Argentina is really delicious. I’ve been eating myself into fat pants all month. There’s only one issue: it’s really, really repetitive. Argentineans seem to never tire of the same old favorites, but for me there are only so many steaks, empanadas and milanesas I can eat [...]

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Friday Postcard: The Deerstalker

Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

Intense picture from reader Fajrin: This photos was taken when I took the glacier walk to Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. It was around 10 am when we prepared to started the walk, then a deerstalker came down from the hill carrying a deer in his shoulder. An amazing view from amazing New Zealand. (Do [...]

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How I Saved 20K in Less Than 2 Years

Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

I saved twenty thousand dollars in two years, ten thousand of that within an eight month period before my trip. As a result, I’ve become a little bit of an expert on how to save a lot of money quickly. If I pulled this off, you probably can too. I’m not money genius, even now [...]

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City of the Dead: La Recoleta

Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

I’m not sure what it says about Buenos Aires that one of it’s biggest tourist attractions is a cemetery. I can’t really think of anywhere else, even London with it’s gorgeous Victorian graveyards, where tourists flock to a cemetery in such high numbers. Of course, I can’t really think of any cemeteries quite like Recoleta: [...]

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The Hidden Corners of London

Posted on 12. Feb, 2012 by Steph.

London is literally the most visited city in the world. Every year 27 million tourists stream through Trafalgar Square, the British Museum and Westminster Abbey. They cycle through the London eye and browse at Portabello Road Market. They drink cream teas and warm beers and shop on Oxford Road. They do all of the London [...]