Discovery of the Week: Dakhla, Western Sahara

Dakhla, Western Sahara

This post is part of a weekly feature called Discovery of the Week. By discovery, I mean a place, a custom or dish that is not widely known. See, I love to read travel magazines, websites and books. Very often, I find beautiful and interesting gems that not a lot of people seem to know [...]

Xcaret: Nature’s Sacred Paradise

One of the lagoons

I come from a place were almost every kid dreams about visiting a theme park in Florida.  I don’t know when the Puerto Rican fascination with Disney World, Universal Studios and Busch Gardens started.  What I do know is that these parks ignite a fire in the imagination of most of the island’s young population [...]

Brazil’s Dusty Azurre: Day 5 (Scene 2)

View of the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas

After admiring the astonishing beauty of the Jardim Botanico (Botanical Garden), we walked thru the neighborhood of the same name trying to find Lagoa.  Lagoa is another of Rio de Janeiro’s “barrios”.  This one takes its name from the Lagoa (Lagoon) Rodrigo de Freitas.  Maybe the name does not pop any image to your mind.  [...]

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