Ottawa is one of those tourist towns with a pretty standard circuit of sites. Visitors tend to come and check the iconic places–the ones that show up on stamps, money and calendars–off their list. Parliament Hill–seen it. Rideau Canal–done it. Big spider at the National Gallery of Canada–check. But as anyone who lives here knows, […]
Around this time of year, many snowbound Canadians start dreaming about the sunny Caribbean. Here’s are a few fun Caribbean blogs to get your imaginations going… Bati Bleki: Restaurant news and social gossip about Aruba Mullins Bay Blog: News from the Platinum Coast of Barbados Speaking Boricua: Puerto Rican current events, culture, politics and more […]
Looking to escape the tourist trail in San Francisco or Philadelphia? The Quirky San Francisco blog is currently offering a free 43-page biking itinerary of the Bay area. Aside from that, you’ll find regular tips on offbeat restaurants, shops and more from long-time SF resident Randy Schroeder. On the other side of the country, uwishunu.com […]
As the sun came up, I peeped through the window of our guest house onto a timeless vista: fields of potatoes and other crops, rimmed by hills and mountains. In the distance, a farmer was already at work behind a horse-drawn plow. In the village of Huamacchuco in the Peruvian Andes, many people wake and […]
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