The act of traveling is an impossible broad category, it can encompass both the death march and the cruise ship. Travel has no inherent moral character, no necessary outcome. It can be precious or worthless, productive or destructive. It can be ennobling or self-satisfied. The returns can be only as good as what we offer […]
Categories: Culture, Environment, Ideas, Travel
The Stone House, Fafe, Portugal Note to self: If you ever build a weekend cabin, don’t make it so unique that it becomes a tourist attraction. In 1974, Vítor Rodrigues built a family retreat in the Fafe Mountains of Portugal by connecting a series large glacial erratics with stone and mortar. It has become so […]
Categories: community, Environment, Ideas, Travel
Gulf Islands, British Columbia. The modern cabin is all too frequently more modern than cabin, but the four small dwellings designed by Osburn Clarke in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia are decidedly grounded in the traditional. Yet they still retain the open and airy nature of the contemporary. They take advantage of coastal B.C.’s […]
The small Polish border town of Kostrzyn-nad-Odra its home to the Woodstock Station rock festival. held along a forest road towards a military base on its outskirts, the throbbing roar of guitars beyond the forest can be heard, believing I was in for a night of testosterone-induced aggression. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The […]
Seriously,.. when I first went to Croatia I though I have won the lottery,. Number one: I went to meet new family who embraced me like another son. Number two: Telenovelas put a good word for us Latin Americans. Number Three: The Beaches man,. the beaches!.. You could not imagine that you are going to […]
Categories: community, National Parks, Photo, Travel
Mexico has the largest number of UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites of any country in the Americas and the sixth most in the world. As of August 2010 there were 27 cultural sites and 4 natural sites on the list, a total of 31. 1- Agustin Cardenas Castro Palacio de Justicia de Michoacan Morelia photo […]
Categories: Beaches, community, La Playa, Oceans, Photo, Sand, Sun, Travel
Nicaraguan waves rank among the best in Central America. Trade winds blow unopposed over Lake Managua and out into the Pacific, blessing the southwestern coastline with consistently offshore winds. Add to that the fact that the country receives the brunt of storm waves propagating up from the South Pacific year round, and has a coastal […]
I enjoy a good laugh!.. in fact it has got me information, a good place to eat or a fair money exchange,. try some of these on your next travel adventure. The act of traveling is an impossible broad category, it can encompass both the death march and the cruise ship. Travel has no inherent […]
When traveling humour can also be use as an ice-breaker in other cultures, everyone understands it as a common language and we all get a kick out of making a little fun with places we’ve visited. Here are a few you can try when finding yourself in the middle of an awkward situation. enjoy!. *I […]
Being a musician and playing in countless bands, not only had brought me the joy of fulfilling my dreams of playing music as a living and meeting long time friends but also has taken me onto my other passion in life “Travel”. I’ve learned the rewards of risk and with experience I got to […]
