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Where we stayed – Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast, Italy

Where we stayed – Naples, Capri & the Amalfi Coast, Italy

Our recent trip to Italy wasn’t quite as ‘budget’ as some of our other travels. We paid somewhere between £70 (US$105) and £100 (US$150) a night for accommodation for the two of us, which for Western Europe ain’t bad for what we got! Here’s where we stayed: NaplesFollowing a recommendation by Anglo Italian, we chose Hotel Micalò for our stay in Naples. From the outside, the 17th century building that houses this boutique hotel looks tired and not particularly appealing. However,…

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Where we stayed – Colombia

Where we stayed – Colombia

Bogotá: We’d advise booking ahead for hostels in Bogotá. We booked through hostelworld 4 days in advance and really struggled to find vacancies in those places we’d been recommended or which had the best online reviews. We ended up in the Explora Hostel in the Candelaria area of the city, where we didn’t have the best of stays. When we arrived they’d lost our booking and the woman on reception really struggled to know what to do to resolve the…

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Where we stayed – Argentina

Where we stayed – Argentina

Mendoza: We very much enjoyed Mendoza and stayed there three times while in Argentina – each time renting out a room at Federico’s house, who we found through Air BnB.We had a lovely stay at Federico’s house. He was very welcoming and generous. He cooked a traditional Argentine barbecue for us and went out of his way to make us feel comfortable and show us his city.  Trying out Fernet – an Argentine favourite – with our host Fede The house is well…

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Our top eight travel apps

Our top eight travel apps

We use a number of different apps when we are travelling to make help us on our way. Here our eight favourites. Number eight: XE Currency Exchange is a money exchange app, which when it links to the internet gives you the latest up to the minute exchange rate for pretty much every currency across the globe. Its a massively useful app when you’re moving from country to country and need to know how much stuff costs! Number seven: Podcasts allows you…

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Starting our week in Buenos Aires

Starting our week in Buenos Aires

Argentine National Congress Buenos Aires was fun and interesting city to while away a week. There was so much to see and do there, we could have stayed much longer. Arrival Our arrival into the city felt almost like going home … it was raining! A LOT. The city is also very European looking and apart from the big light up image of Evita on one of the buildings on “the widest avenue in the world”, Avenida 9 de Julio*,…

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Mendoza – the city we just kept going back to!

Mendoza – the city we just kept going back to!

Parque General, San Martin, Mendoza We went to Mendoza three times while in Argentina!  At the border: still smiling as we haven’t realised how long we’ll be here Crossing the Andes from Chile after our stay in Valparaiso, we arrived into the wine-making capital of Argentina on the 5th June (2014) for our first stay with our Argentinian host, Federico, who we found through Air BnB. Bye Chile, hope to see you again soon Air BnB is an online accommodation…

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