Posts Tagged ‘Peru’
What the F*ck is AMS?
So, you’ve been lying awake at night, tossing and turning between lucid dreams of getting ridiculously high in Tibet with the local monks and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro barefoot. Well, before you strap on your backpack and take to the sky, learn a thing or three about Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), so your head doesn’t [...]
Backpacking in Style: How to Look Less Like a Hobo
Being mistaken for a homeless vagabond is a professional hazard when you’re a broke ass backpacker. Granted: you’re lugging everything that matters on your back, the crowded hostel only has one bathroom, and you’re too cheap for a haircut. But you don’t have to look like a hobo (or worse, an obnoxious American). Check out [...]
10 Cool Places to Stop and Take a Nap Around the World
Traveling is the best—true story—but it can be damn exhausting. Missing a train, haggling, washing your laundry in the sink or puking up that roasted grasshopper you ate can be stressful. Rough patches like these call for a time-out. OTP drowsily selected our choicest spots to lay your weary head and refuel. Don’t forget to [...]
The 10 Best Drinking Games from Around the World
People love games. No matter where you’re from, mixing games with booze creates the ultimate wingman, capable of erasing any language barrier. After a few rounds, you’ll be making the same pervy jokes and friending each other on Facebook. To take this international camaraderie up a notch, get trained in OTP’s Top 10 Drinking Games [...]
7 Must Know Bar Drinks from Around the World
Booze is our escape from the reason and logic bestowed on us by the powers that be. From Pabst to top shelf black labels of this and that, we all have our stories of drinking, getting drunk and doing stupid shit. We have all done the keg house parties, jungle juice gatherings and endless shot [...]
Obsession with the Devil: How Latin America Celebrates Death
If any of you missed Halloween this year, let us break down what likely happened: the girls walked around in no more than a bra and panties and pretended they were cops, sailors, nurses or some sort of pre-packaged ho-in-a-bag (maybe the origin of the expression “ho-bag”). Now the guys, well they thought they were [...]
Volunteer Opportunity: One Week Volunteerships + $5,000 Grant
Lets see, what can you do in a week? Get a great tan laying on the beach, organize your closet, maybe build a tree house? OR-you can change your life (and the lives of countless needy others) forever. Cross Cultural Solutions, a well-established volunteer network, is currently offering week-long volunteer programs in the following locations [...]
