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How Cheap Is Brazil?

I had heard Brazil is cheap, but just how cheap is it? I visited Rio de Janeiro and Foz do Iguaçu in January 2023, which is prime high season. As if January wasn’t already an extremely busy time to visit, I was there in early January, so also had to deal with the influx…

ByKaitlyn RosatiJanuary 8, 20237Comments

Colombia South America

Three days in Cartagena

Based on a cheap ticket I found, I used Colombia as a hub to get into Peru (why not explore an extra country along the way?). Since I am, for the most part, a budget traveller, I knew in Peru I wanted to stay in hostels, but in Cartagena I found a GREAT deal on…

ByKaitlyn RosatiSeptember 19, 20170Comments

Peru South America

Machu Picchu

An obvious site to see if you are going to Peru is Machu Picchu. I decided to end my trip with this UNESCO world heritage site as I thought it would be a nice way to wrap everything up. However, if I could go back, I think I would’ve done just the opposite. I had finished…

ByKaitlyn RosatiSeptember 19, 20171Comment

Peru South America

Flights and Phones that Don’t Work

Anyone who knows me knows I am not a planner. So why did I think it would be a good idea to book my South America trip all at once? JFK --> Cartagena Cartagena --> Lima Lima --> Cusco Cusco --> JFK ^^ Worst decision ever. I learned the hard way that when you book everything altogether and decide to miss a…

ByKaitlyn RosatiMay 27, 20170Comments

Peru South America

Hostile Hostel

Peru had been at the top of my never-ending bucket-list for years. I had a mini meltdown in the fall of 2015 and seriously considered moving there without ever having seen it. So when I arrived in January two years later, I was excited to watch the pink stamp hit my passport and enter a world…

ByKaitlyn RosatiMay 26, 20170Comments

Colombia My Mission

“You Shouldn’t Go to Colombia By Yourself”

I work day shifts at a bar in NYC, and its main patronage are dudes who throw back every ounce of beer in a can during their lunch breaks as they can to face going back to their 9-5s. I understand in a sense; I could never give in to the idea of sitting at…

ByKaitlyn RosatiMay 23, 20170Comments