Landing in Buenos Aires, you may not immediately appreciate the blended charms of the city.  The taxi ride into town seems determined to hide the city's charms behind soccer practice fields for the national team and indeterminate billboards.  Once you arrive in the city however, the different tugs may have you wondering what to do first.

The island of Puerto Rico isn't techically a foreign country, but it is a world away from the typical weekend vacation to Florida. The main city on this great island is San Juan, which is a heady mix of heat, food, rum and Latin beats.

Santiago de Chile gives an underwhelming first impression. Packed with road traffic and the air thick with smog, the city has the air of an industrial smoke hole. This may be true, but there is much more to this, the capital of long, narrow Chile, on the western coast of South America.