The greatest appeal of Costa Rica has to be its natural diversity. The number of beautiful places and animals that live in this small country was the main reason I wanted to visit it. And it did not disappoint: monkeys and turtles, active volcanoes, beautiful beaches and national parks everywhere. Nevertheless, my least favourite partContinue reading “Stalking Turtles”
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Rock and Sun: The Grand Canyon’s South Rim
I suppose the Grand Canyon is one of those places that haunt your imagination way before you visit them. I had seen it in movies and read about it countless times, I had imagined it while reading Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and seen it on Instagram time after time: drone pictures, helicopter videos, dangerous-looking selfies.Continue reading “Rock and Sun: The Grand Canyon’s South Rim”
Where Neon Lights Come to Die
A Vegas holiday has never been on my bucket list. I have always thought it’s not my kind of place and now I know I was right. However, that was the destination of my last family holiday and I admit I was curious about it. Plus, that’s the city of The Killers, I wasn’t aboutContinue reading “Where Neon Lights Come to Die”
Five Day-Trips From Mérida
Five awesome places less than two hours away from Mérida.
Uxmal: Pyramids Minus the Crowds
Uxmal, the “thrice rebuilt” city, has it all.
Budget Travelling in Central Mexico
No money? No problem.
An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
“«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»”.
Hidden Waterfalls in Vallarta
A stunning set of waterfalls hidden amongst luxury resorts.
Wintertime in Quebec City
Brrr.
“We do not take a trip; a trip takes us”
John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley in Search of America
Montreal, the eclectic city
I spent the last days of 2018 wandering through the streets of one of the biggest cities in Canada. Named after Mont-Royal, the small mountain at the heart of the city, Montreal is now the centre of the francophone Canada, a city that dwells between the French influence of the Conquest and an eclectic, alternativeContinue reading “Montreal, the eclectic city”
Hiking Among Volcanoes
A hike on the Iztaccíhuatl.