Stepping off the tourist bus in any of the tourist-laden towns in Thailand is like covering your arm in syrup and entering a bees nest. The tourist agencies flock to farangs (foreigners) that have just stepped off the bus or boat offering to sell reservations, transport, and tours for the next leg of [...]

Many of the most popular beaches in South America can be found on Uruguay’s Eastern Coast. From    to Punta del Diablo, there are seemingly endless kilometers of white sandy beaches and beautiful sunsets. While in Uruguay, we rented a car and drove through as many of the quaint beach towns [...]

While in Uruguay, we decided to rent a car. We had 3 days and a long stretch of beach to visit. I was the only one who could drive because we rented a low-end car with manual transmission, no air, and windshield wipers that seemed to turn on whenever they pleased.
From Montevideo we [...]