Archive for the ‘Latin America’ Category
Biking with the Mayans
Well, sort of. You can at least explore the ancient (and contemporary) Mayan world while biking through Guatemala and Belize. Matthew Kadey writes about his 11-day Central American biking trip for GoNomad.com. Tiny Belize, tucked neatly between Mexico and Guatemala with the western hemisphere’s longest barrier reef system and an outstretched coastline, has long been a [...]
The must-see city of Cusco
Is Cusco, Peru, a must-see destination? Simon Calder thinks so, and he explains why in this story for the U.K. Independent. When asked the same question: where is the essential stop on a 21st-century Grand Tour? I surprised myself by answering without a second thought, “Cusco”. Marketing folk expend much time dreaming up slogans for [...]
Exploring Mexico
Mexico seems to have caught the attention of the New York Times. In the past week, the newspaper has published two in-depth feature stories about the country. Luckily, this enables us to vicariously explore two distinct regions of that nation. First, the travel section published a story on travel in Chiapas as part of its [...]
Many sides of Bolivia
Bolivia is a fascinating nation – one of the highest altitude countries in the world and a place where past and present co-exist in various interesting ways. That’s what Patrick Symmes discovered during a recent visit, which he wrote about for the NY Times travel magazine. Bolivia is the poorest and highest country in South [...]
Hidden paradise in Mexico
Everyone knows about the Cancuns and Cabos of coastal Mexico. But there are still a few small Mexican villages strung along the country’s coastline where in-the-know travelers go to find a quiet slice of paradise. One of these places is the Baja town of Mulege, which Meredith May recently visited. She wrote about her experiences for [...]
Inspired by Guatemala
So, what’s a reasonably successful, fiftysomething writer to do when her kids are grown and she finds herself falling in love with Guatemala? Well, buy a house and move there for part of the year. Why not? That’s the somewhat surprising turn that Joyce Maynard’s life took a few years ago, as described in this story. [...]
A lot to see in Ecuador
Ecuador doesn’t get a lot of tourist attention, save for its renown as the jumping off point to the Galapagos Islands. But there is a lot to see in this small Andean nation, as K.C. Summers and his wife discovered during a recent trip there, which he wrote about for the Washington Post. We had it all [...]
Expat artists transforming Buenos Aires
There has been no shortage of press coverage in the past year or two extolling the virtues of Argentina, and specifically of Buenos Aires, which many have labeled as the hip destination of choice for current expats. The New York Times also just published a story along those lines and explored the city’s unique cultural and artistic mix. [...]
Family-style spring break in Zihuatanejo
When Brigid Schulte’s sister suggested a family beach vacation that involved 12 people, ranging in age from a five-year-old child to their seventy-something parents, she wasn’t very enamored with the idea. But a week in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, cured her skepticism. She wrote about the family’s experiences for the Washington Post. Zihuatanejo is an old fishing [...]
The Mayan temples of Tikal
Most everyone knows about the Mayan temples at Chichén Itzá, Mexico, which aren’t far from the tourist playgrounds of Cancun. But the Mayans left an even more impressive complex at Tikal in Guatemala, which is lesser known only because it is more remote and less touristed. Ethan Todras-Whitehill, however, went to Tikal recently and reported on his experience [...]
Old San Juan
Should Puerto Rico be considered to have a North American culture, because of its relationship to the United States? Caribbean, because of its location? Latin American, because of its Spanish colonial heritage? All of the above? Regardless of the answer, it’s an intriguing island. Paul Schneider recently wrote about his experiences there for the NY Times. [...]
Is Nicaragua the new Costa Rica?
That’s what was suggested in this recent NY Times travel article, in which Jeff Koyen wrote about the charms of this small country, and in particular the city of Granada. Koyen beleves Nicaragua is on its way to becoming another popular Central American travel destination – and one that is, for the moment at least, more inexpensive than neighboring [...]
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