Some people come into your life, they leave footprints on your heart, and you are never the same. Unknown .. We came with no more expectation than to feel the warmth of the sun for a few weeks… We left …
Category: South and Central America
Seven days in Batopilas by Ann J. Phillips
Batopilas is a remote town at the bottom of the Batopilas canyon in the Copper Canyon system in northern Mexico. The town stretches out between the west bank of the Batopilas river and the steep sides of the canyon. The …
Copper Canyon: Mexico’s Grand Canyon
If you have wished with all your heart that you could make the arduous hike to see the bottom of the Grand Canyon in Arizona but knew your knees would never make it, and you were afraid to trust your …
Find the Best Salsa Teachers in Cuba by Andrew Wang
If you are planning a winter or summer vacation to Cuba, you have to take the opportunity to learn how to salsa dance while you are there. There are so many different qualified instructors you can rely on for proper …
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Bermuda – Another World by Michael Levy
Sometimes, we meet a special person who embodies true wisdom in stature, demeanor, character, spoken words and daily actions. It was my good fortune to meet Mr. Clayton Simmons in Bermuda, on my recent cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Bermuda …
The Mexican Mayan Riviera by Ron Kapon
The Mexican Mayan Riviera- what a public relation dream of a name. One might think of the French or Italian Riviera, but here it is all about the beach, sun and water. Let’s get the geography lesson out of the …
Everything Wiggly and Poisonous by Sarah Morgan
When we first moved here, twenty years ago, our neighbors in Punta Uva warned us repeatedly about snakes. “Don’t walk in the jungle without a machete, ” is what they told my husband. What they told me was that women …
Exploring Peru’s Manu National Park by Dale Fehringer
A Unique Jungle Adventure There is a place in South America where you can feed wild monkeys by hand, challenge jungle river rapids, see flocks of wild parrots, and zip-line over a tropical rain forest. This special and unspoiled place …
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Finding the Real Gold in Costa Rica by Linda Ballou
After nine days of non-stop fun on a multi-sport adventure with Active South America in Costa Rica, floating belly-up in a secluded cove at Playa Coyote gave me a chance to savor the journey. A morning swim in placid waters …
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Re-building homes and lives in Honduras by Julie Thompson
As Tabitha Boonstra showed the children of La Esperanza in Honduras their picture on her digital camera, she could not believe their reaction. `They would come running up to you from wherever they were, and they’d be yelling `photo, photo!’ …
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