Foreign tourists rarely visit Serra da Capivara National Park. But its two museums, beautiful vistas and, most of all, archaeological sites that changed what scientists believed about the populating of the Americas, makes it worth the trek. (Plus, cave drawings!) From the New York Times Travel section’s 52 Places for a Changed World.

There’s not a Michelin-starred restaurant in the world that serves Papuan sweet potatoes in a mountaintop village. I make the argument that spending less means seeing more, no matter what your age, for AARP. Click here to read. 

Folha de S. Paulo, the Western Hemisphere’s largest city’s largest newspaper, published an interview in which I (sort of) said Brazilians are better travelers than Americans. (Really, just sort of, but it’s in the headline, so it must be true.)

Oct. 14 is the debut of Amigo Gringo, my YouTube series for Brazilian visitors to New York. It will be in Portuguese, subtitled in English. Subscribe to the channel at www.youtube.com/canalamigogringo!

I’ll be taking a few months off from the Frugal Traveler column to work on a book on travel and a video series for Brazilian tourists to New York, Amigo Gringo, debuting soon. (That’s me with cameraman/director/editor Eric Hinojosa and guest star Vanessa Jardim.)