South America – Flung

El Caminito: Buenos Aires’ Least Intriguing Attraction

Sarah Stodola — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 14:10:33 +0000

Every guide to Buenos Aires, and I mean every guide, recommends a visit to El Caminito in La Boca. Many of them even feature the colorful street on their covers, despite an afternoon spent there being the surest way to avoid anything real about culture in Buenos Aires. El Caminito isn’t Buenos Aires; it’s Buenos Aires tourism. Nobody lives in these colorful buildings. The clothing lines are there for effect only. The street itself is a former dump, literally. This […]

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4 Crucial Things No One Tells You About Visiting Machu Picchu

Johanna Read — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:26:10 +0000

Flung relies on online advertisements to fund our mission. If you appreciate what we’re doing, please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. There’s lots of information about touring Machu Picchu available online, but very little of it offers up what you really need to know to get the most out of a visit to these magnificent Incan ruins. This is by design–tour operators and guides want you to hand over your wallet with your worries. While a tour […]

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In Bolivia, a Food Revolution from an Unlikely Champion

Daniel Scheffler — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:56:54 +0000

Bolivia, a landlocked country of diverse terrain, has averaged 4.8 percent growth in the last few years, according to the World Bank. Things are happening here, but much of this South American country remains largely undiscovered–particularly when it comes to food, even though few places on earth boast such a varied offering of edible items. The source of the country’s gastronomic intrigue is centered in La Paz, the country’s capital and a city almost above the clouds. The pull can […]

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Cat in a Buenos Aires Loft

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:25:31 +0000

Like many people in the fall of 2015, we found ourselves under the spell of a heatwave. A number of us had rented a four-bedroom palapa for a few days, up a hill from the beach town of San Augustinillo, in Mexico’s Oaxaca state. It had no air conditioning. By mid-morning each day, we’d make our way down to a modest open-air restaurant on the beach, spend the afternoon in its umbrella’d lounge chairs, then head back up as the […]

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