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Highlights of 1 Year in South America

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Us at La Cuesta del Obispo while road tripping in Northwest Argentina
Us at La Cuesta del Obispo while road tripping in Northwest Argentina

Last Tuesday we celebrated one year of travelling (and 10 days before that our blogoversary), all but four days of which were spent in South America. It’s an important milestone for us, as when we left the UK we had saved a years worth of travel funds to give us the chance to make Simon’s Line In web design business work. If we couldn’t make the digital nomad lifestyle sustainable after a year we planned to head to Asia to teach English.

Luckily we haven’t had to eat too much into our savings and we are nearing the point of breaking even each month. Our never ending voyage is set to continue – we have just moved onto Central America and have plans to visit Europe and North America in the summer.

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Big Discounts on Our Favourite Language Learning Products

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Benny the Irish Polyglot, author of the Language Hacking Guide
Benny the Irish Polyglot, author of the Language Hacking Guide

Two of our favourite language learning products are discounted this week as part of the holiday season, so if you were considering buying one of these now is the time to do it.

Language Hacking Guide

Benny Lewis’ Language Hacking Guide completely changed our approach to language learning. His controversial advice has real results (if you follow it!) – he advocates getting out from behind your study books and speaking the language from day one. If you have struggled to learn a language in the past this is the guide for you.

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Bueno, Entonces Review: The Fun Way To Learn Spanish

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bueno, entonces

I’ve been curious about Bueno, entonces for a while – I’d heard good things about this new breed of Spanish course and had enjoyed their free You Tube Karaoke videos – so when the opportunity to get hold of a review copy of their entire course came along, I was more than happy to take a look.

Bueno, entonces is a unique way to learn Spanish. It’s an audio/video course where you learn alongside David, a cheeky Brit, who has travelled to Buenos Aires to learn the language with Jimena, his attractive teacher who he can’t stop hitting on. The soap opera storyline is a great idea and keeps you wanting to continue – it can be quite rude and is often laugh-out-loud funny – and the languague used is refreshing as you learn how Spanish is actually spoken, complete with modern slang and and vocabularly that you’ll really need.

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More Cheap & Useful Resources for Learning Spanish

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Simon getting a haircut in Paraguay
Even getting a haircut in Paraguay is a good chance to practice Spanish.

Our first post on Cheap & Useful Resources for Learning Spanish was written before we came to South America and since then we have learned a lot. Our approach to language learning has changed considerably, and we have discovered many more useful resources.

Language Hacking Guide

Our first Spanish resources post recommended Benny’s Fluent in 3 Months blog, and since then he has released the very useful Language Hacking Guide outlining his unconventional approach to language learning. The focus is on communicating in the language from Day 1 and it is packed with tips on exactly how to do this. The guide has become our Bible and is a huge inspiration. Many of the tips below originally came from Benny.

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