During her trip in Chile, Julie Falconer spent three days exploring the Atacama Desert. Read about the stunning–and contrasting–beauty she finds in this landscape.

Its three days sans shower or heat, with possibly drunk drivers leading you across incredibly harsh and desolate desert terrain. And the seatbelts probably don’t work. Excited yet?

Its three days sans shower or heat, with possibly drunk drivers leading you across incredibly harsh and desolate desert terrain. And the seatbelts probably don’t work. Excited yet?

Photo credit: Fredonia.edu

By Erin Griffith LG Correspondent On a recent month-long trip to Brazil, I was determined to learn the hip-shaking language they call samba. But, I’ll be honest: After many, many long evenings trying, I never really found my groove. So when I say I “went out samba dancing,” I’m referring to the times I went [...]

By Erin Griffith LG Correspondant With its chic shopping districts, sophisticated European flair, and very own Fashion Week, Buenos Aires is one of South America’s most stylish cities. Here’s how to dress like a local without overpacking or—gasp—underdressing. November is springtime for the lower half of the globe and Buenos Aires is currently awash in [...]

By Erin Griffith LG South America Correspondent Sorry, frequent flyers. In South America, overland travel is king. Whether you’re visiting for a short vacation or a multi-month backpacking adventure, you’re likely to encounter some bus time down here. But if the thought of spending anywhere from five to 24 hours on a coach makes you [...]

by Nancy Yeomans LG Air Travel News Editor Look up in the sky! It’s a bird….it’s a plane! No….it’s your weekly air travel news! Here’s what’s happening in the world of aviation, from the ground up. It’s Not Our Imagination Science has finally proven what we knew all along….airline food is generally lousy;  when you’re [...]

Lost Girl Leah Moushey recently took off on a seven-month trip to South America, taking her to a different hemisphere, WAY out of her travel comfort zone. She set up shop for a month in Cuenca, Ecuador, where she dived head first into a Spanish language immersion program and discovered the ins and outs of [...]

San Marcos, Guatemala is a tiny town on the shores of Lake Atitlan, deep in the Western Guatemalan Highlands. Lush volcanoes and Mayan villages pepper the shore, and with clear views of both, San Marcos has become Guatemala’s epicenter of zen and spirituality. People come here to cook, to read, to study Spanish, to write, to do yoga and to be alone. Precisely what I thought I wanted to do before $60,000 worth of grad school loans prevent me from ever doing that again.

Turns out, I suck at anticipating what I want. Or what I need. Or, really, deciding anything, at all, in advance.