@justinbosco

I’m hoping to get some suggestions from some outdoor enthusiasts who’ve spent time in South America. It’s important that the places I travel have mid-sized city amenities (public transportation, decent grocery stores, safety, fast internet, etc) but also be located a stone’s throw from the outdoors, preferably mountains or large parks. This is a tough combination to find because the two usually go hand in hand!

Elsewhere in the world, I’ve enjoyed destinations like Innsbruck, Austria, Cape Town, South Africa, and Bergen, Norway because you can be downtown having a beer one minute and then… boom… up the mountain in the middle of nowhere 15 minutes later. However, I’ve never been to South America and am looking for some advice from outdoor-minded travelers. I’m looking at Mendoza, Argentina and San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina and would love some advice from other people who’ve been to these places on whether or not they might fit the criteria I’m looking for.

Has anyone come across similar places they’d recommend? Thanks in advance for the help!

Hey everyone, my girlfriend and I have been nomading for about 8 months now and we’ve had a total blast doing it, but something we’ve both struggled with is how to stay in touch with personal/professional networks while abroad, especially since we don’t speak the language in most places we live. When you’re at home or in a single English-speaking city, you can attend one of those awful professionals groups and make 10 business connections in 10 minutes, but when you’re moving around monthly, it’s just harder to keep up personal and professional relationships, let alone build new ones. So, as friends who understand this wonderful but often lonely lifestyle, how do you keep your networks up while on the road?

Hi all! My girlfriend and I would like to spend a month in Cape Town in August and are researching the safest neighborhoods to live in. We’d like to get an Airbnb but we’re curious if anyone has any advice on where we should be looking? We’ve read a lot about Cape Town in our research, both good and bad. Any tips from people who have experience living in the city beyond a weekend resort stay would be great!