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This Week’s New York Times: Homestay in Guatemala and a Low Opinion for Slum Tourism

By mindfultourist

Whenever we travel, we don’t feel like writing about travel – ironic, no?  So, since we just got back from a nice road trip in Chile, we’ll leave you with the following two articles from this week’s New York Times: 1.    An opinion column on the nastiness of slum tourism.  We’ve written about this before but... »

Frugal Traveler DC Baby-Centric Story Leaves a Lot to be Desired

By mindfultourist

In one of the most inane traveler stories we’ve read in a while, the NYT Frugal Traveler takes his infant daughter for a day trip to Washington, DC.  From the ludicrous reasoning to spend 8 hours total in one day on a bus (so the 10 month old will know she can “rely on... »

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