The Caribbean coast’s biggest tourist draw is actually 70km offshore on a pair of enchanting islands with horseshoe bays, crystalline coves and underwater caves. Great Corn is larger and peopled by a Creole population that lives in colorful wooden houses, many of which are sprinkled along the main road that encircles the island. And though […]
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RSS feed for this sectionHaida Gwaii Island nation that will take you back in time and slow you down.
Categories: community, Conservation, Culture, National Parks, Outdoors, Travel
First off, history: The word Haida means simple “people” -people of the islands. This was a small nation unto itself, protected by forbidden seas, making them geographically aloof, sea buttressed and distinctive. In 1787 the islands were surveyed by Captain George Dixon. They were named the Queen Charlotte Islands by Captain Dixon after one of […]
Travel pick up lines!. vol.6
Modern tourism does not promise transformation but rather the possibility of leaving home and coming back without any significant change or challenge. Tourists may enjoy the visit only because it is short. The memory of it, the retelling, will always be better. Whereas travel is about the unexpected, about giving oneself over to disorientation, tourism […]
Tokyo’s Amazing Underground Bike Parking.
Categories: Cities, Environment, Ideas, Travel
With urban cities not having enough street space for setting up proper bike storage infrastructure, the problem of overcrowding and illegal parking can cause potential hazards for emergency situations and general pedestrian navigation. in japan, an earthquake-resistant underground bike parking system has been developed by giken to help resolve the issue, approaching the situation through […]
Vieques: El paraiso that conquered man’s development wrath!
No long ago I wrote a song about a few places that needed a voice of awareness to help recognize the beauty being destroy by man’s development wrath. Writen from what a local would say if facing a foreign corporation raping the local’s land.. ” I don’t want to see ”…..” in my land anymore.. […]
A Norwegian paradise in the middle of the Arctic circle!!
Categories: Beaches, community, Environment, Planet Earth, Travel
Jenny Claussen – The archipelago of Lofoten in Norway is north of the Arctic Circle. Yet throughout the year it has temperatures which belie its position. This is because of the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude. The archipelago is the most northerly place in the world where the average temperature […]
Central America’s hidden & stunning Caribbean Coast Pt.3 Bay Islands Honduras.
Just off Honduras’s north coast on the Caribbean Sea and clearly visible from the mountainous mainland there are a group of the three large islands, Utila, Roatan, and Guanaja, and the smaller islands, or island groups, St. Helena, Barbareta, Morat, and, closest to the mainland, the two Hog Islands (Cayos Cochinos). Divers flock to backpacker […]
Three of the World’s most active volcanoes.
Categories: El Medio Ambiente, Environment, National Parks, Photo, Planet Earth, Travel
I love volcanoes, why you may ask? I don’t know,.. I just do. Their energy, their majestic presence or may be because where I was born is often refer as The land of Lakes and Volcanoes with 13 of them located within 200 kilometers on a little strip of land on the pacific side from the […]
Five hotels you should visit before you die!.
A good hotel can make or break a trip. The worst hotel in the best place is still going to make retiring after a long day an unfortunate experience. The best hotel in the worst place, on the other hand, can be something of an oasis. Take the best hotels and put them in the […]