Travel Tuesday takes us to the dazzling yet quaint lakeside town of Guatapé, which is less than two hours outside of Medellín, Colombia. Our first introduction to the area was El Peñon de Guatapé, commonly referred to as La Piedra (The Stone). You ...
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Street Art in Valparaíso, Chile
Only two hours northwest from the Chilean capital of Santiago sits the eccentric port city of Valparaíso. Some consider it the San Francisco of South America. Valpo, as the locals like to call it, has all the charms of a hillside town overlooking the ...
Favelas – Beauty and the Beast
Everyday life is full of contrasts and contradictions. But some places are so complex and intertwined with opposites it is makes for an unforgettable experience. Such is life in a favela as I recently discovered in Rio de Janeiro. A favela was ...
cooking class… in cambodia
One of my favorite memories of my trip to Indochina was a humble hands-on cooking class I received in a rural Cambodian home. My first project was to purchase eggs at the local market. Simple right? Not so. I was given the exact amount of money ...