Lately, I’ve been finding myself needing to change my proxy configuration quite a bit and started to get annoyed with all the steps I had to do.

The reason I needed to change my settings so much is that I needed to SSH Tunnel to my Rackspace Server in the US so I could use services such as Pandora and Hulu, which don’t allow streaming if they detect non-US IP addresses (I’m currently in …

Santiago was my last stop in Chile and Mendoza is the closest Argentinian city to it. There are regular scheduled buses coming from Santiago de Chile’s bus terminal to Mendoza.

The bus ride took about 6 and half hours. Because this route crosses the Andes, there may be times when buses are not able to pass through because of icy/snowy road conditions.

I booked my seat with CATA bus line the day before for around …

When I was in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, I was chatting with a guy in my dorm room who was just in Argentina and lived there for about 4 months. I told him I was heading to Argentina as well and he gave me this very useful information on how to get a much better exchange rate for US dollars, better than the official rate.

Yes, you heard that right, better than the …

As soon as we reached Uyuni after the Salar de Uyuni tour from Tupiza, I knew I didn’t want to stay even a day in Uyuni.

While the town was not as bad as I’ve heard, there’s just not much to do there. It was very small and most people really only stop there for the Salar. I asked Maria, our cook from the tour, before saying goodbye how I could get to San …

Salar de Uyuni, measuring at 10,582 sq. km. (4,086 sq. mi.), is the largest salt flat in the world. It’s one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bolivia.

There are different ways to visit Salar de Uyuni. The most popular is to start in the town of Uyuni and do a 3-day tour from there. You can also visit the salt flat on a day trip as it’s very close to the town. You …