The Tijuca National Park is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among the sights of the park, apart from the trails, caves and waterfalls, are famous landmarks such as Sugar Loaf, Corcovado, and Tijuca Peak, the highest point of the park, rising 1022 meters above sea level. The mountainous area includes areas of the Massif da...
Uruguay can be a forgotten country that many travelers pass over. Despite a coastline that runs for 410 miles and an area the size of Washington, too often the country is erroneously passed off as a suburb of Argentina.
Sure, both nations officially speak Spanish and have a passionate love for soccer, and both have locals who habitually sip mate...
Th Galapagos Islands earn their reputation as a must-do vacation destination. The sheer beauty of the volcanic islands and the turquoise waters of all shades are enough to greatly satisfy any traveler, but it’s the natural history, wild life and diversity of terrain from island to island within the archipelago that really make it a trip of a...
Chichen Itza, a Mayan archaeological site
Chichen Itza is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites of the Mayan Culture located at a relatively short distance from Cancun and Riviera Maya. Today we can admire what was their impressive religious civic complex: a great plaza surrounded by elegant decorated buildings; to the east the “Warriors Complex”, named this way for...
If you tell someone you’re going to Peru, no doubt the first assumption he or she will make is that you’re going to Peru to see Machu Picchu – that iconic, 15th-century ‘lost city’ of the Incas that sits high in the mountains, contains a plethora of architectural mysteries, and is still one of the most recognizable stone sites...
The glamour and splendour of the world famous Rio Carnival have come and recently gone for yet another year. But that simply means that all the same cogs are now slowly creaking into action preparing for 2012’s Carnival.
If your travels include a budget there are a myriad of things that are happening in the city at the time of...
