"In the discussions above we have a post about the country´s second largest city, Quetzaltenango (also known by its Maya name Xela), which I didn´t get to on my last trip to Guatemala but is definitely on the list for the next one. And now here´s…"
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Wallonie, Belgium’s French-speaking south, occupies about 55 percent of the country’s land area yet is home to only around 3.7 million people—less than a third of the national population. Consisting of five provinces, it has been long…
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Wallonie, Belgium’s French-speaking south, occupies about 55 percent of the country’s land area yet is home to only around 3.7 million people—less than a third of the national population. Consisting of five provinces, it has been long…
On my visit to Cairo this past January, I had the pleasure of visiting this synagogue in the old town, which dates back to 892 CE. Its current form was inaugurated in 1892, but there are so few Jews left in Cairo now - just a few doesn´t - that this…
In the southern town of Matmata (pop. 2,000), about 5½ hours from capital Tunis, its troglodyte courtyard houses are the main draw—and one of them, now a simple hotel, served as the interior of Luke Skywalker’s home in A New Hope and again in Attack…
George Lucas famously relied heavily on Tunisia´s atmospheric towns for many filming locations, and they´re mostly cluster in the deep south and on Djerba Island. What you'll see is a mix of actual backdrops and leftover film sets.
The most…
You land. Your throat feels like sandpaper. Your head is heavy. Your eyes sting. You've been sitting still for eight hours… so why does your body feel like it just ran a marathon?
Most travelers accept this as the price of flying. But there's…
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Nestled in the scenic Váh River valley in western Slovakia near the Czech border, this charming midsize city (pop. around 55,000, its name pronounced "tren-CHEEN") can be reached by car from Bratislava in about an hour and a half to two…
Re: Your Israel group comment. Actually, I was thinking about posting the book on Tripatini Boutique. Can I build a stand-alone link there, or must it mirror an existing link? (It is listed on Amazon, but I can not offer a discount there.)
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