We’re featured on Matador Travel as one of five traveling couples, along with NewNomads, the fantastic The PlanetD, Technomadia, and GeordiP.
Thanks, Julie Schwietert! (Matador’s managing editor and half of the fantastic traveling couple Collazo Projects herself)

Machu Picchu should be up and running tomorrow, April 1st, according to Living in Peru (and the rest of the news world).
Is anyone out there going to be in the first few weeks’ wave of tourists? We’d love to hear about it–email me (jessie [at] unpavedsouthamerica.com)!

These caught my eye this week. What is everyone else reading? Please leave links in the comments!
Lonely Girl Travels has a hilarious post up about the quirkiness of Latin Toilets and what to do with a plastic bag.
Over at La Vida Idealist, LethalSheethal has an excellent post about spotting fake money in Peru and Bolivia.
Vicky Baker at Going Local Travel has an interesting post about how movies are chosen for the Foreign Film category of the Oscars.
Living in Peru is tapping onto the Easter Spirit with two articles …

So you made too many black beans when you were trying out last week’s recipe. You could eat them two days in a row, or you could make black bean burgers!

I’ve got a guest post up at Cheapoair’s travel blog about street food in Peru. Check it out!
(Dad, you’ll notice I didn’t include hot dogs!)

Trouble has been brewing in Nazca this month, and yesterday Living in Peru reported that the tourists are airborne once more after the 4-day strike, but at a higher price–$70 instead of the usual $50.
On February 28, Stuart at En Peru outlined the shoddy history of the Nazca airlines and their old airplanes, which was brought up by a fatal crash that killed six passengers and the pilot.
The government responded rationally by introducing measures meant to keep tourists safe by updating the Nazca lines fleet. Tourism planes older than …

Most tourists who come to Lima stay in the Miraflores district, and for good reason, sometimes it’s nice to stay in a neighborhood that resembles, well, Lima. Magdalena was by far our favorite neighborhood in Lima, in part because of its great location (just a quick bus or taxi ride to Miraflores, the airport, or Downtown), and in part because of its quiet neighborly feel. Magdalena is the sort of place where your neighbors will greet you on the street, where old couples go out for an evening stroll, where neighborhood kids play impromptu fútbol games in quiet intersections.

This is a bit late, but I just saw it: GoMad Nomad posted their top five travel destinations for 2010, and three out of five of them are in Latin America: Ecuador, Colombia, and Puerto Rico. Great reasons for each!