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 …

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!

There were a lot of games this week, but I just got a job and I am frantically trying to keep up, so there is not going to be a big post this week.

This dish might be a bit more complicated than the usual hostelling fare, but everybody’s got to have their comfort foods, right? For me, nothing is more comforting than a hot, mushy plate of black beans and rice with a side of sweet plantains and a fried egg over the top.

While we were in Peru, we made our beans from scratch, which is easy, but time-consuming, making this a great dish for when you’re going to spend a day writing around the hostel rather than sight-seeing.
To make …

I’ll admit, one of my guilty pleasures is browsing through all the great crafts on Etsy. One cool thing about the site is that it allows artists and crafters to list their own products and set their own prices without going through a middle man.
Diverso Studio is one such group. I especially love their Mola shoes, which are all handmade out of traditional Colombian fabric in awesome bright colors:

From their Etsy page
We are a group of Colombian artists who make fun stuff. We love everything green, sustainable, natural, …