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Los pueblos de alta cultura construyeron imponentes ciudades, con excelente disposición urbanística, barrios destinados a diver­sos fines o distintos estratos sociales, calles, avenidas, plazas delante de sus templos y palacios, más enormes plazas centrales. Así fue el Cusco de los incas.

Cuando Manco Cápac y su tribu llegaron a las cumbres del los cerros que están al sur de la ciudad del Cusco, que en conjunto se llaman Huanacauri, divisaron el valle del Cusco, lo hallaron poblado por diversas n

If bird-watching is your passion, then you definitely want to add Costa Rica to your “Top 10 list of places to go birding.” The small Central American country is home to more than 870 bird species – more than in all of the United States, Canada and Mexico combined – and is a bird-watching hotspot. A single day of bird-watching in this enchanted corner of the globe can earn sightings of up to 85 to 150 different species.

Costa Rica’s strategic location in the tropics bridging North and South Ameri

Next to dropping your camera in the water, the next worst thing has to be losing your memory- that is your camera's memory. All your photos stored on one little card, GONE!

An ounce of prevention

Don't buy the biggest memory card you can afford and try to store your entire vacation on that single card. Lose or zap the card and there goes all your vacation photos.  So if you were thinking of getting one 32Gig card, buy four 8Gig. Same storage and certainly less risk.

You can use different strate

por Cristóbal Ramírez

Tiene fama de gris, aburrida, sin alma, burocrática… No haga caso de los tópicos, porque Bruselas puede resultar en principio todo eso, pero a nada que uno rasca descubre su esencia.Lo que define a la capital europea, sede del parlamento de todo un continente, es su condición de cruce de caminos. Está llena de gente de cualquier procedencia que se echa a la calle después de las largas jornadas laborales. Un chocolate, un café, una cerveza, una cena… Y así se van encadenando

When I was 20, Jimmy Carter was President and I summered in Greece, sleeping on the beaches, drinking Retsina wine, gobbling Moussaka.  Retsina has been around for 2000 years, evolving from the practice of sealing wine casks

with pine resin.  It is, to say the least, an acquired taste.  In the 1970s, Retsina was synonymous with Greek wine, and remains the EU’s name for the Greek Appellation.  Greek vintner Alexander Megapanos  says wine is a product of its civilization, and should “represent its

Think of the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta and chances are that your first thoughts gravitate towards a beach vacation. The majority of visitors are North American, neighbors from the United States and Canada, escaping a colder climate, for a bit of fun in the sun. Offering over 300 days of sunshine, adventures on the  are endless. Perhaps a surf lesson in Sayulita, a round of golf in Nuevo Vallarta, snorkeling at Los Arcos, deep sea fishing and scuba diving in the Marietta Islands are

Sandwiched between North and South America and two oceans, Costa Rica is an amazing bridge of biodiversity bursting with natural wonders. For such a small country, it is home to more than 500,000 species; 250 of which are mammals.

Costa Rica’s south Pacific region of Golfo Dulce (Sweet Gulf) is one of the most intense zones for plants and animals. Surrounded by the Corcovado National Park, Piedras Blancas National Park, and Golfito Wildlife National Refuge, Golfo Dulce is wild jungle at its best

How do action-less, people-less, laughter-less, romance-less, love-less  videos emotionally engage and move us? Move us to book or buy? 

 VFLeonardo is an acknowledged leader in the art of visual storytelling, promoting their services to the travel industry and beyond.

Their recent webinar was called “Lets Get Visual: The Power of Telling Your (Hotel’s) Story Through Video.” 

 The webinar made some solid points, among which were:

• Video drives a 150% increase in organic search traffic

• We are a v

After Hanoi we flew Vietnam Airlines to Hue, pronounced whay. This is an absolutely beautiful city which has grown immensely and recovered and rebuilt totally after it was obliterated during the TET offensive of 1968. It is an ancient capital of central Vietnam both politically and spiritually. The city is now mainly on the western side of the Perfume River which separates old and new Hue.

These "dragon boats" ply the Perfume river carrying sightseers like us.

There is still a vibrant fishing indu

Wanakauri o Huanacaure. Montaña preñada de historia; al­canza 4,080 m.s.n.m. de altitud; se halla a una legua al sur de la ciudad del Cusco, detrás del cerro Condoroma, del Araja, del Huillcaray y del Quispiquilla, y al oriente del cerro Anawarque,. Fue junto con el Qorikancha, el más importante adoratorio de los incas. En su cumbre y en sus faldas se sacrificaban llamas y tal vez vidas humanas. En cuanto a la traducción o interpreta­ción del nombre, no existe uniformidad; el licenciado en Turis

On the coast of Bahia 82 kilometres north of Salvador, the town and beach of Praia do Forte are situated in a protected area with 12 km. of almost deserted beaches surrounded by lush plantations. It enjoys a privileged location close to the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve, lagoons, beaches where the sea turtles lay their eggs, coral reefs, and places to observe humpback whales.

If you go to Praia do Forte, you should not miss the chance to take a deep-sea excursion to see these magnificent ce

Fairest among women, Venice, formerly powerful and rich. You are still impressive, Lady Venice, but only from a distance.

The years pass rapidly, your skin withers, becomes more parched and thin, and finally drops off in lumps of plaster. Meanwhile, just as time ages all women, water wears on you more and more with every year, and your cosmetologist is already losing his patience in despair. There are plenty of younger potential clients around.

Year after year, your population decreases by several

Bats are mammals with a bad reputation – their good name stained with images of blood and vampires by Hollywood. The truth is that bats are an important part of the environment, helping with pest control, spreading seeds and pollinating plants.

Of the approximate 1,100 bat species on Earth, 112 of them are found in Costa Rica. Four of Costa Rica’s national parks have been declared as important areas for the conservation of bats: La Amistad International Park, Braulio Carrillo National Park, Santa

On the path to enlightenment, I might wind up in Woodstock, New York.  The town which lent its name to the famous rock music festival, "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" in 1969 is home to old hippies, and surprisingly, an increasing number of Buddhists.

I meet Shiv Mirabito a short man with a ready smile, bedecked in handmade beads, face framed in a bushy Indian beard streaked with gray and white and a few remaining strands of ebony sprinkled within.   His dreads curled on the

Starting to think about warm-weather travel yet? Check these out:

During the summer months biking in Alaska is a fun way to see America's largest state. Get up close with Alaska’s nature and wildlife, meet the locals.

 By bike you get far away from tourist areas, but still travel on paved highways, on less traveled roads. Give yourself at least seven days to cover 50-70 miles of this pristine,  outdoor wonderland.

 Local knowledge, small group size and personalized service have made Alaska Bike,

El número de ajilas era variable-, Garcilaso nos cuenta que 1 en Cusco existían mil quinientas. Habían varias clases de ajilas, unas destinadas exclusivamente al culto de los dioses, otras mu-' chachas para servicio del inca, otras que podían ser concedidas como esposas a los grandes capitanes por sus méritos y a los jefes de naciones confederadas, otras que después de algunos años podían dejar la institución para contraer matrimonio con novios escogidos a través de sus padres, en el curso de im

As Costa Rica’s multinational business community grows, so too does the number of business travelers visiting the country. Costa Rica also has become a highly popular destination for international meetings, incentive trips, conferences and events (MICE tourism).

Most business and conferences still take place in the capital city of San Jose. As a business traveler to Costa Rica, you will want to stay in one of the best business hotels that San Jose has to offer.

10 Best Business Hotels in San Jos

¡Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay! Guitars, violins, colorful spangled costumes and big mariachi hats have become an indelible symbol of Mexico throughout the world (believe it or not, I once even spotted mariachi hats on sale at souvenir stands right outside Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa).

There are conflicting stories about the origin of this distinctive form of music and performance – one pegs it to the brief 1860s reign of Emperor Maximiliano (yes, Mexico had exactly one post-Aztec emperor, kept on the th

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Hotel Elan, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

By Roy Heale

In the heart of downtown Calgary the trendy, residential community known as the Beltline is close to the business center of the city plus the hip restaurants, clubs, and boutiques of the 17^th Avenue Entertainment District. For this reason a number of boutique hotels have recently located themselves in this area providing accommodation options for business and leisure visitors to Calgary. Perhaps the newest addition is the Hotel E