LashWorldTour 2024 Travel Plans Greetings from Alaska! This year marks my 27th year of continuous solo world travels. And I fully intend to make it another adventurous year exploring ‘new’ countries, all in my quest to visit every country on the planet. As many of you already know, I kicked off 2024 by heading to […]
How I Ended up Going to Alaska in early 2024
How I Ended up Going to Alaska in early 2024 I had no thoughts whatsoever of going to Alaska this year. Nor anytime concrete. What I was planning to do in early 2024 was practically the polar opposite of visiting Alaska in winter: I was scheduled to travel to the Dominican Republic, a big Caribbean […]
35 Highlights of my South American Journeys
33 Highlights of my South American Journeys In February of 2022 I set out from St Petersburg, Florida to explore South America for the very first time. I planned to take two years to visit all 13 countries, exploring as many of their beautiful outdoor places, historic towns, glamorous cities and other renowned attractions as […]
20 Highlights of my travels in 2023
20 Highlights of my travels in 2023 Last week I published a detailed review of all my travels in 2023. In brief, I spent the year continuing my two-year explorations of South America, visiting seven countries in total. Along the way I also reviewed 162 luxury & boutique hotels. Yep, 2023 was another year of […]
LashWorldTour 2023 Travels in Review
LashWorldTour 2023 Travels in Review 2023 was yet another year of full-time world travels for me. In fact, it was my 26th year of continuous travels! Waaaayyy back in mid 1998, when I kicked off my world travels, it wasn’t long before I thought to myself, “Wow, this is awesome! I’m going to do this […]
15 Interesting Facts about Brazil
15 Interesting Facts about Brazil I arrived in Brazil at the tail end of May, on a short flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rio de Janeiro. I’ve been in Brazil ever since, a total of seven weeks thus far. My visa is valid for 90 days, so I have another six weeks to explore […]
Introduction to El Calafate and Perito Moreno Glacier – Argentina
Introduction to El Calafate and Perito Moreno Glacier – Argentina El Calafate is a small town in southern Argentina’s vast Patagonian region. The once tiny remote town has become one of the country’s major tourist towns ever since its airport was built in 2001. The main draw is its proximity to Glacier National Park, and […]
Introduction to Ushuaia – Argentina
Introduction to Ushuaia – Argentina Ushuaia is Argentina’s southernmost city. It’s situated at the bottom of the South American continent in Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia is generally considered not just Argentina’s but the world’s southernmost city (though that claim is disputed by Puerto Williams, Chile, which is actually slightly further south, on the other side […]
10 Surprising Facts about Paraguay
10 Surprising Facts about Paraguay I’ve been traveling around Paraguay for nearly three weeks so far. From what I’ve seen, it’s a very laid-back, tranquil country with lots of tropical jungles, agriculture and dairy farms and a low population density. Through my personal observations, online research and chats with locals, I’ve learned some very surprising […]
Introduction to Paraguay
Introduction to Paraguay Last week I arrived in Paraguay, making this my seventh country to visit in South America. I’ll be traveling around Paraguay for about three weeks. Getting here was utterly simple. I just took a regular, one-hour bus from Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, across the border into Brazil, where we drove in-transit for about […]