{"id":9974,"date":"2014-03-14T20:01:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T03:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=9974"},"modified":"2014-03-14T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T03:13:57","slug":"10-things-learned-mileage-run-vacation-mexico-city-lima-buenos-aires-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/03\/14\/10-things-learned-mileage-run-vacation-mexico-city-lima-buenos-aires-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things I Learned From My Mileage Run Vacation to Mexico City, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got back yesterday from my mileage run vacation to Mexico City, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Santiago<\/a>. It was a wild 5 days and I promise to have a full trip report in order within the next few months since I\u2019m pretty backed up. I still have to finish my Buenos Aires trip report<\/a> I took in January, followed by a trip to Guatemala, and Singapore. Bear with me and I thank you as loyal readers of Points Summary. There will be tons of new content in the next few weeks. Here are 10 things I learned from my mileage run vacation to Mexico City, Lima, Buenos Aires, and Santiago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. There is too much to do in Mexico City. I\u2019ve probably ventured out of Mexico City airport in ten different instances within the past year and a half. It\u2019s definitely my favorite city and I absolutely love how cheap and good the food is. The metro is my favorite as it\u2019s only 5 pesos from the airport to wherever you want to go.<\/p>\n

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2. Mileage running to 4 different countries in a span of 4 days was taxing on my body. I could barely sleep and half of my flights were on red-eyes. I was unable to get any real work done due to being in different time zones, constantly on the move, and hotel hopping pretty much every day.<\/p>\n

3. Delays are the epitome of spoiling a mileage running. I had a two hour flight delay from Mexico City to Lima that absolutely crushed my plans of going into Lima on my 6 hour layover. The delay cut my layover to 4 hours and I was pretty much confined in the airport. Things don\u2019t always go as planned.<\/p>\n

4. Mileage running is full of surprises. Last week on Saturday, I was in Xochimilco, Mexico City and befriended the Boys and Girls Scouts of Mexico. I got to talk to them and they invited me to go with them to clean up the trash in the canals. It was a good deed and I got to learn more about the town of Xochimilco and meet new people.<\/p>\n

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