Travel journal
Guides, practical advice and honest opinions about Cuba, Mexico and Argentina, written by the people who plan the trips, not by a content agency.
Where to start if you have not been before.
GuidesThe best time to visit CubaThe island has two seasons and the difference between them is larger than the guidebooks suggest. Here is how each one actually feels.Read more
GuidesHavana in 48 hoursTwo days is not enough for Havana, but it is enough to see it properly if you stop trying to see all of it.Read moreGuides, tips and dispatches from the three countries we work.
DestinationsVaradero or the cayos: choosing your Cuban beachTwenty kilometres of sand an hour from Havana, or an island reached by causeway. They are not the same holiday.
DestinationsA week in Yucatán: ruins, cenotes and the drive between themThe peninsula is flat, the roads are good and the distances are shorter than the map suggests. It is the easiest self-drive in Mexico.
Food & cultureMendoza at harvestLate February to April is when the wine region stops being scenery and starts being work. It is the best time to be there.
DestinationsPatagonia, and how much of it you can actually seeThe region is the size of a country and travellers routinely underestimate it by half. Here is what fits in a week, and what does not.
Travel tipsWhat to pack for CubaCuba is not a place where you can buy the thing you forgot. A short, honest list of what to bring and what to leave.
Travel tipsWhat decides the price of a room in CubaWhy the same room costs different amounts in different weeks, what a nightly price assumes about who is in the room, and when it is worth asking.Read your way into one country at a time.
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