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Our South American Highlights: Affordable Travel Adventures
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items A collection of our favorite travel stories, experiences and recommendations from our time in South America! Join as we discover traveling slowly and on a budget.
We started our second year of fulltime travel in late 2024. We headed to Buenos Aires, Argentina – part of our experiment to see if comfortable, full-time travel was possible on a modest retirement budget. What we discovered in this vibrant city over...
How We Spent Two Months in Buenos Aires for $5,200
Officially "Museo de Arqueología e Historia Francisco Fonck", The Fonck Museum is a bit of archeology, a bit of natural history. For us, the biggest attraction was the Easter Island / Rapa Nui exhibits.
Our visit to Museo Fonck Vina del Mar Chile - an Archeological Museum worth exploring in Vina del Mar, Chile
When ever we get ready to travel to our next destination, we research to see what fun things there are to do in the area - here's where we keep that list!
A collection of Travel Tours, Activities, and Things to Do in Vina del Mar Chile
This is the decorative arts museum in 📍 Vina del Mar, Chile - A great example of early 20th century South American opulence.
Palacio Rioja (Museum) Vina Del Mar< Chile
The Maritime Museum Valparaiso in Valparaiso, Chile Chile is one of the best we've visited - Museo Naval Y Maritimo
Maritime Museum Valparaiso, Chile - Museo Naval Y Maritimo
short 'behind the blog' video of our grocery shopping in Chile
Travel tips - Behind the Scenes - Grocery shopping in Chile
We share our travel adventures on Yotube as well as in our blog (https://themobileretiree.com/south-america/)
Video Highlights from our month+ in Chile
In this video, we share our experience taking the 22 hour (!!) bus ride from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile Join us as we explore a new transportation experience and share our firsthand experiences living abroad on a budget, one country a...
Taking the overnight bus Buenos Aires to Santiago - Argentina to Chile 2024
If you're looking to live in Argentina for more than a few months be sure to research the Information on Argentina’s digital nomad visa
Digital Nomad Visa: Information on Argentina’s digital nomad visa
The South American leg of our journey began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as we continued our life as American expats living abroad, on a budget, one country at a time. We arrived in October 2024, stayed in Buenos Aires for two month (two different nei...
Our travel stories from our time in South America
It's not just spanish!
What Languages are Spoken in Chile?
We are traveling on a budget but we are able to make choices based on comfort and convenience rather than being stuck to “What’s the cheapest way to get from hither to yon?.
In this post we discuss how we looked into all possible methods of transpor...
Buenos Aires to Santiago by Bus: Why You Should Take the Bus (but only Once!) -
Jeff and I embarked on an unconventional adventure, selling nearly everything we owned to travel fulltime and explore potential countries to call home—or perhaps embrace perpetual travel. During our first month in Argentina, we found the Noma BA’s bu...
Affordable Studio Apartment in Buenos Aires: Our Review
This guide will help you decide if Buenos Aires is worth visiting and why it might not belong on your travel itinerary.
Is Buenos Aires Worth Visiting? Discover Argentina's Charm
We discovered the building while out on one of our strolls in Buenos Aires (to explore where we would be living for the next two months) and wondered “what is that!”
Is The Water Palace in Buenos Aires Worth a Visit?
We travel fulltime, BUT we travel sloooowly... meaning we usually don't try to cram to many activities into a single day. Here is an example of what we consider an action-packed day 🤣
A Day Out in Viña del Mar, Chile: Cafes & Museums
As expats making ourselves at home around the world, our first sightseeing activity after arriving in Vina del Mar for our five week stay was to visit the National Maritime Museum (Museu Maritimo Nacional) and the Cultural Quarter in Valparaiso. In t...
Local Exploration: National Maritime Museum and Cultural Quarter in Valparaiso Chile -
Filed away under ‘important information you need to know before traveling to a foreign country’ there is a whole subset of entry and visa requirements – How long can I stay? Do I need any vaccinations to get into the country? Are there any travel res...
If you travel - you need to know about Visas
Filed away under ‘important information you need to know before traveling to a foreign country’ there is a whole subset of entry and visa requirements – How long can I stay? Do I need any vaccinations to get into the country? Are there any travel res...
If you travel - you need to know about Visas
Filed away under ‘important information you need to know before traveling to a foreign country’ there is a whole subset of entry and visa requirements – How long can I stay? Do I need any vaccinations to get into the country? Are there any travel res...
If you travel - you need to know about Visas