Exploring life's off-the-beaten-path options.
A walk around my neighborhood brings a sense of nostalgia. As I walk thru the streets, the small, one story houses originally built in the area are squished between huge apartment complexes. In the name of progress and profits, the lot, that used to contain a one family house, is used to construct a 10 [...]
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 [...]
On day 2, we interchanged beaches for mountains. Well, sort of. What I want to say is that we visited some of the most famous morros (promontories) in Rio de Janeiro. As I said in a previous post, we visited Rio during the Southern Hemisphere late fall. Therefore, the weather was not expected to be [...]
During my recent trip to Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico, I was fascinated by the cenotes. I am sure you have heard about them before. Just in case, let me clarify what they are. A cenote is a deep natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. Although [...]
There are some destinations that inspire travelers to make the most daring sacrifices to reach them. But there are others nobody wants to visit because of its bad reputation. I am talking about dirty, ungraceful and gritty cities. Places full of tacky souvenirs, harassing vendors and cheap alcohol. Add to those characteristics a dose of nearby [...]
Once we finished exploring Vancouver’s great aquarium, the day was still grey and wet. The good thing is that it wasn’t raining at all when we exited. I told my husband there was still one place I wanted to go before leaving the next morning. I wanted to pay a visit to the VanDusen Botanical [...]
This is the second part of the Grand Canyon’s North rim photo essay. To see the forst part click here. Enjoy the pictures!!! And proving that everybody wants to go to the Grand Canyon …
I am not sure if you know but my blog has a correspondent (like newspapers). Well, I am kidding. Sort of. Last week, my husband went on a road trip with some of his friends. Unfortunately, I had to stay home because of work. The road trip lasted a week and covered three states: Nevada, [...]
I am pretty sure you have never heard about the Castillo de San Lorenzo el Real de Chagres (aka Fuerte San Lorenzo) located in the striking country of Panama. I found about this place while researching my trip to the isthmus two years ago. For some reason, I felt the itch to visit. In reality, [...]
We continued climbing the mountains of the Chiang Rai province in our small and open vehicle. Suddenly, we started to contemplate the undulating lines of tea plantations. We were heading to a small town called Doi Mae Salong. The actual name of the town is Santikhiri which means hill of peace. However, it is mostly [...]
Hello! I’m glad to meet you. My name is Ruth. I like to bond with people by sharing stories, anecdotes and experiences. This blog is my way to share my stories for outstanding people willing to share the beauty of life.
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