After hearing a glowing account of the favela tours you can do here in Rio de Janeiro, we decided to do a favela tour. We are very glad that we did! What is a favela? A favela is basically the name given...
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For us, Macapa had two main attractions: the Amazon and the equator. The equator runs through Macapa, and we were up early to go check out a monument to mark this. It is not every day that you can stand...
We were up at 3:15am to quickly get ready for our transport to take us from Georgetown, Guyana to Paramaribo, Suriname. It was meant to pick us up at anytime from 3:30-4am. Not nice! Georgetown had been...
For this one year trip, I am taking a 25 liter bag which is actually about a third empty!! I convinced Josh down to 55 liters but unfortunately couldn’t get him down any smaller even though its nowhere...
I had read that it was difficult to get around Cuba. Since I was only there for a limited time, I decided to compliment my time in Havana with a one week tour of the Western part of Cuba. This was a good...
It was a long bus ride from Playa Maria la Gorda to our next destination of Soroa. I had a nice nap. We stopped for a great lunch – our tour guides bought our lunch from a local pizza stand. ...
Playa Maria la Gorda is a beautiful beach located a few hours from Vinales in the far west of Cuba. There are lots of palm trees, beautiful white sand and clear blue water. Exactly what you might imagine...
Vinales was my first stop on my Cuban tour. I was sad to leave Havana, but excited to see more of Cuba. Vinales is about three hours from Havana. Vinales is situated in a national park and, according...
Havana Vieja (the old part of Havana) is a stunning, wonderful place to visit. It was my favourite thing to do in Havana (you can read many more things to do in Havana in that link!). I spent a day exploring...
It was an early start for us this morning. We had to be at the US army base by 7am to go for a tour to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) and JSA (Joint Security Area) in the truce town of Panmunjom. We had chosen...
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