The Complete Camino de Santiago Packing Guide: What You Actually Need—and What You Don’t
If there’s one thing almost every first-time pilgrim gets wrong, it’s this: They carry too much. And they pay for it — every single step. We’ve walked the Camino long…
The Best Travel Accessories (2026)
Travel is not just about the destination. It's also about making the journey as smooth as possible. Here are our recommendations for the best accessories for every kind of travel in the coming year. For packing, comfort, and tech needs.
Digest of Audio Posts by Travel Past 50
A digest of audio posts produced by Travel Past 50. This collection includes interviews with travel experts and responses to favorite destinations, plus a couple travel radio interviews with Kris and Tom about their nomadic travels.
Things to Do in Buenos Aires: Food, Wine, Tango, and Day Trips
Plan your stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with our recommendations on things do and see, and our notes on museums, food, wine, and tango. Discover day trips to artsy Tigre and to Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay).
Santiago de Chile Itinerary: Neighborhoods and Day Trips
Build your perfect Santiago de Chile itinerary with these recommended visits to Santiago attractions, day trips to wineries in the Colchagua Valley, to UNESCO World Heritage city Valparaiso, and suggested Santiago neighborhoods and restaurants.
Pablo Neruda's Home, Santiago, Chile
The home of Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet, is famous for its quirky art and eclectic layout. Neruda called his home in Santiago La Chascona, after his nickname for his lover Matilde Urrutia. Chascona means “tangled one,” a name he gave her because of her curly red hair.
Bellavista Neighborhood Murals, Santiago de Chile
We were pleased to wander the Bellavista neighborhood of Santiago de Chile where we'd lived many years ago and find that many of the shop and apartment walls were still covered with imaginative murals.
10 Steps to More Responsible Travel
10 Steps to More Responsible Travel. Eco-friendly and sustainable travel explained. Tips for how to become a responsible traveler.
How to Charge Up Your Travels and Home
Over the 16 years we've been traveling to more than 80 countries, with close to that many different electronic devices, we've become experts on how to keep things charged up while on the road.
