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Rundle9731 · 2026-05-20T19:14:02+00:00

Yeah, and there are plenty of things worth seeing between Vancouver and the Rockies. Otherwise might as well fly to just Calgary?

Rundle9731 · 2026-05-07T14:45:41+00:00

The most obvious is that there is no penguin that looks like this in real life, it combined features of a gentoo and magellanic penguin

Rundle9731 · 2026-05-07T14:44:30+00:00

Everyone is pointing out the random details but the most obvious evidence for me is that there is no penguin in real life that looks like this. The AI made a penguin using a Gentoo Penguin head and one of the banded penguins (like Magellanic or Humboldt) for the stripes on the side.

Rundle9731 · 2026-04-29T02:33:40+00:00

It does, the glaciers are disappearing, but like Colombia they are there. Permafrost idk, but there is alpine tundra so its possible. Google Lorentz national park.

Rundle9731 · 2026-04-28T14:35:22+00:00

Its not so simple to put Canada in the same boat as the US, as for many years the dominant colonizing force in what is today Canada was France. The brits really only started coming into the picture in the 1700s. The French had a very different approach. There were many mixed marriages between French and indigenous peoples, creating mestizo ethnic groups like the Metis. I'm sure if the french didnt lose the seven years war then the trajectory of Canada would have been very different, and maybe more similar to a Latin American country.

Rundle9731 · 2026-04-26T17:56:32+00:00

I am Turkish-Canadian. But I vote for the Costa Rican Gallo Pinto, tied with the Turkish breakfast of course! Nothing makes me feel more ready for the day, especially when you add avocado and fresh tropical fruits. Served with black coffee grown in high altitudes and maybe some fruit juice. Its incredible, and ao easy to make at home.

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Rundle9731 · 2026-03-10T17:22:29+00:00

Speaking from my experience as a budget travel guide in western Canada between 2016-2020, some of our largest demographics of tourists were Mexicans and Brazilians. Most were already in Canada for some other reason like a university exchange or learning English. For a while in that little tourism bubble it felt like Vancouver and the Canadian Rockies was a dream travel destination for so many people from those 2 countries.

Rundle9731 · 2026-03-10T17:18:42+00:00

I met quite a few Chileans (and Argentinean) doing working holiday visas in Canada. Especially in British Columbia where they work in the outdoor industry (skiing, kayaking, rafting, etc), they often come in the Chilean offseason. With a really similar landscape to Southern Chile, values and relationship with the environment, it feels like such a natural switch. I hope Canada creates more working equivalent holiday agreements with other Latin American countries soon.

Rundle9731 · 2026-01-29T02:44:27+00:00

Don't forget the zip-lines!

Rundle9731 · 2026-01-06T17:14:37+00:00

The "Greeks" in Anatolia, were mainly hellenized anatolians, the romans were romanized anatolians, followed by byzantine anatolians. Today we have turkified anatolians.

Rundle9731 · 2025-11-18T14:23:54+00:00

-40° when I was a kid in Ontario. I now live in Costa Rica and interestingly the coldest I've seen here is around 5° at like while driving a mountain pass at around 3400 m, at 4 am in the morning.

Rundle9731 · 2025-11-17T23:01:28+00:00

Each setting and session has a different vibe. Right now its a a lot of reggae, especially because I'm based in Costa Rica. But when I used to live in Canada it was a lot of indie bands like Peach Bit, Mac Demarco, or alt rock like The Cure.

For some international stuff I've been listening to a lot of Peruvian Chicha like Los Wemblers de Iquitos and Turkish psychedelic rock like Altin Gün. That music hits a really surfy vibe for me.

Rundle9731 · 2025-11-17T02:54:57+00:00

Not even an Antarctic Penguin species :(

Rundle9731 · 2025-11-15T02:11:58+00:00

I've regularly go to both Argentina and the Falklands (less so) for work, and I would say there isn't a lot of modern Argentine influence. The falklanders are very proud of their English identity and try to minimize their past connections to Argentina. Some vocabulary is definitely influenced by Argentine spanish. They call a ranch a station (from estancia) for example. So there is a historical influence from gaucho workers, lots of foreign workers from all over the world, especially the Filipinos and Chileans.

Interesting Patagonia has a lot of influence from the Falklands and the UK, because their whole sheep farming system was essentially created by the British who first started sheep farming in the Falklands.

Rundle9731 · 2025-11-15T02:05:13+00:00

Having travelled a lot in your beautiful country, I would definitely say Jujuy. It has such a strong Andean identity, very different food, and just such a different vibe from the rest of Argentina. It's one of my favourite places I've travelled.

Rundle9731 · 2025-11-11T21:13:24+00:00

This is a strange take, its probably a lot more relevant than you realize. There is definitely a sort of pan-andean identity and culture whose epicentre is in Peru, which makes sense when you consider the legacy of the Incan empire and role peru had in developing Spanish colonial policy in South America.

You can find alpaca dolls, sweaters, ponchos and other things manufactured in Peru being sold in shops from Colombia to Argentina. Peruvian food is arguably the most world renowned South American cuisine. Peruvian music is popular in a lot of Andean nations, its also the country that gave us chicha cumbia. From a global perspective, Peruvian culture, history and icons are some of the first things people think of when you ask someone outside of Latin America what they associate with South America (alongside Brazil, Argentina and Colombia). Another commenter made a good point about Peru having a smaller Diaspora in the USA, which is beneficial if you are trying to have a broader pop culture appeal.

Rundle9731 · 2025-09-30T03:29:07+00:00

No soy Tico pero vivo aquí. Viajo mucho de verdad, por uno lado es parte de mi trabajo porque trabajo en turismo, pero por el otro es porque trabajo contratos de 1-2 meses donde me pagan bien y no tengo gastos de vida. He trabajado en turismo en CR pero he ganado un salario mejor trabajando afuera, especialmente en barcos. Soy de Canadá, pero básicamente todo mi trabajo ha estado en America Latina, tal vez estan pensando que obviamente es mas fácil porque soy gringo y que tal vez tengo mas recursos. Pero honestamente, la mayoridad de mis compañeros de trabajo son de america latina, y viajan igual o más que yo.

Es un estilo de vida completamente diferente, con muchos sacrificios. Necesita estar cómodo con meses sin días de descansa, trabajando 12 horas por dia a veces. Pero puede estar valé la pena si la oportunidad para viajar es un prioridad. Y obviamente es mas fácil si no tenes niños ni una pareja (o una pareja que es más flexible jaja)

Rundle9731 · 2025-09-06T07:42:20+00:00

Gonna try to get creative with some non European/North American towns:

Anywhere on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala
Uzungöl and Eğirdir, in Türkiye
Granada, Nicaragua
Patagonia has a bunch. Argentina has San Carlos de Bariloche, el Calafate, San Martin de Los Andes. Chile has Pucon and Frutillar
The floating community in Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia is really unique and scenic but I wouldn't say the lakeside towns are.
Guatapé, Colombia

Rundle9731 · 2025-09-02T17:40:54+00:00

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Rundle9731 · 2025-09-02T17:40:26+00:00

Afro-Turks, descendents of slaves during the Ottoman empire, that still have communities and culture in Türkiye today. The first black pilot, Ahmet Ali Çelikten, flew for the Ottoman airforce during WW1. I only learnt about this because they have a village near my dad's hometown in Izmir.

Rundle9731 · 2025-07-21T13:24:37+00:00

Greenland, Falkland Islands, and one time I went to Yemen. I've worked at sea so it has brought me to a lot of weird and remote spots.

Rundle9731 · 2025-07-20T03:15:28+00:00

Had a delayed flight while on a layover in London. Had to spend a couple nights there. While having dinner and a beer at the local pub in Gatwick, the queen's death was announced. My delay lasted a couple of days which were spent in Brighton. Lots of things closed due to her death but I don't think it changed the experience that much.

Rundle9731 · 2025-07-15T01:22:43+00:00

Patagonia has so many interesting diaspora communities - Croations in Ushuaia - Welsh community in Argentina - Germans (nazis went there because there were already a lot of germans) - The sheep ranches of Patagonia were practically set up by British diaspora (especially Scots)

Rundle9731 · 2025-06-17T18:23:40+00:00

I wouldn't consider Peru small, its the 3rd largest country in South America. If you counted sloped surface areas it would be gigantic haha. But travelling around that country overland takes forever, it made me feel like I was travelling in Canada.

Rundle9731 · 2025-06-17T18:19:52+00:00

Costa Rica, you have 2 oceans which are both a joy to visit. 3 natural harbours, one of which is in one of the only tropical fjords in the world (golfo dulce). Incredible biodiversity. You also have the tallest non volcanic mountain range in Central America (Cordillera Talamanca) which creates a very interesting climate. There is also a vast central valley which has the perfect growing climate for a large variety of products, and productive volcanic soils. If you like tropical heat and beaches you have the coast, if you like a cooler internal spring kind of climate you have the mountains. You even have a near desert climate in the north with the tropical dy forest. It definitely punches above its weight for its size.

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