Melbourne is filled with some of the most inventive bridges I’ve seen in the middle of a city center. If you’re a fan of crazy, funky, modern bridges, then this is a great place for you. Even better, the bridges look totally different at night than during the day… it reminds me a lot of […]
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Categories: community, Conservation, Ideas
I promised my friends at Waves for Water I would help them spread the word about the great work they do and how they are helping people and their communities. Here is what they do: People living in impoverished areas die every day from drinking dirty water. While having access to clean water is a […]
Booking online vs. booking agent.
In this day and age we have all experienced booking holidays our at least once or twice online, we have become somewhat virtual masters of our own online destiny, few apart from road trippers ever left home without connecting with at least one flesh-and-blood travel rep. Now it seems like a breeze to booked your […]
El consumo te consume.
Categories: community, Conservation, Ideas
El verano pasado me encontraba en el aeropuerto de Houston., mi vuelo, al igual que otros vuelos ese día se retrasó debido a una tormenta eléctrica. Compré un jugo y busqué el lugar más aislado para tener un poco de paz en media del caos. Encontre un rincón solitario, agradable en la terminal A13 sólo […]
Consumption will consume you.
At the Houston airport last summer my flight, like any other flight that day was delayed due to a lightning storm. I grabbed a juice and looked for the most secluded spot I could find. I found success at the terminal landing a nice solitary corner only to hear the announcer another flight has been […]
Mitos que existen en tu mente acerca de temblores!
Categories: community, Environment, Ideas, Planet Earth
No soy un experto en desastres naturales, especialmente terremotos. Yo mismo, he vivido tres de ellos a pesar de que en sí mismo es una anomalía. Cuando converso con amigos ya sea en una barbacoa, fiesta o colegas del trabajo, en última instancia, si terminamos en el tema de desastres parece que siempre terminó contradicciendo […]
Un Granero historico!
Categories: community, Conservation, Culture, Travel
Situado en la parte rural del Suroeste de la Provincia de Ontario en el condado de Palmira, se encuentra una pieza historica única. Es como un sueño para todo viajero, cuando se trata de el origen de esta particular region de Ontario. Esta estructura inusual, es un gran edificio rectangular. El Granero Ocho Loco es […]
There is No Place like Home, The Vada story!
I certainly can appreciate Dorothy’s famous quote from the Wizard of Oz, “there is no place like home”. I experienced this first hand but like any challenging situation you make the best of it and adapt as best as you can. While in SW Ontario I had limited internet, and therefore, I would improvise. Sometimes […]
Crazy 8 a historical barn
Categories: community, Conservation, Family, Travel
Situated in the rural part of South Western Ontario in the county of Palmyra, a unique piece of history has been reborn and is every traveler’s dream, when it comes to the country origin of Ontario. This unusual structure, a large rectangular building The Crazy 8 Barn is the” Welcome Host” for the West Elgin […]
Bosawas needs to breathe!
Categories: community, Conservation, Culture, El Medio Ambiente, Endangered Species, Environment
Bosawas Natural Reserve іn Nicaragua was declared а biosphere bу UNESCO іn 1997. This is the largest protected reserve іn аll оf Central America. At over 20,000 km² (1.8 million acres) in size, almost half the size of El Salvador, the reserve comprises about 14% of the nation’s total land area making it the second […]