San Cipriano es una reserva natural situada en el pleno corazón de la selva del Litoral Pacífico Colombiano, a unas dos horas de la ciudad de Cali, yendo hacia Buenaventura. El aire, como en cualquier selva, es húmedo, caliente y llena de vida todo lo que encuentra en su camino. Esta es la segunda región del mundo con tanto grado de humedad.
En el post que se puede leer en www.colombia.travel (Portal Oficial de Turismo de Colombia), podrás apreciar toda la aventura que significa viajar en un dive
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Posted by Phil Walcott on August 31, 2009 at 12:26am
I spent 4 weeks (June/July, 09) travelling this great planet exploring so many of the wonderful gay offerings around the globe. From Asia into the UK and Europe, The US and Canada there were some fantastic adventures to he had. Read my travel blogs at www.gayrainbowconnection.com to gain a flavour of some of my adventures.It was a delight to proactively promote Alice Springs, Central Australia, the magnificent Northern Territory and this wonderful country of Australia to my tourism colleagues an
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Posted by Geoff Edwards on August 26, 2009 at 12:27am
For the last few years I’ve taken Transatlantic repositioning cruises. These cruises are a great way to see some European ports and then spend lovely days at sea on the way to Fort Lauderdale.This year I decided to try a Transpacific. If you can hook on to the last leg of a “special” cruise, like one around the Horn, or an Alaska-Asia-Los Angeles, you’ll get superb service and ports you might not ordinarily visit.Regent was my choice with an 18 day itinerary including 12 sea days that started in
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Posted by Deborah Stone on August 25, 2009 at 5:31pm
ADAIRSVILLE, GA— One of the few resorts in the country offering an onsite wing shooting, hunting and fly fishing program, Barnsley Gardens Resort reopens its sporting program and hunting plantation as The Shooting Grounds at Barnsley Gardens Resort this October. A full-service outfitter, The Shooting Grounds at Barnsley Gardens Resort includes a new Gun Club, horse-mounted hunts, a 17-station clay shooting course, 2,200-acre Springbank Plantation, fly fishing and corporate sporting packages.“We
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http://www.mundialdetango.gov.ar/home09/web/en/seminars/index.htmlAn intensive schedule of lessons deals with different techniques and styles of salon and stage dance. The teachers: prestigious dancers of different generations and instructors of renowned schools.
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http://www.mundialdetango.gov.ar/home09/web/en/tango/dance.htmlThe Dance Championship is the celebration that establishes Buenos Aires as a mecca for tango dancers from all over the world. This event will choose the best dancers in the categories “Salon Tango”, which stresses the social aspect of the tango dance as a typical porteño practice, and “Stage Tango”, which aims to enrich the dance from a choreographic point of view related to the performance as a show.Throughout the Championship, the
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http://www.mundialdetango.gov.ar/home09/web/en/tango/index.htmlThe Tango Festival is a multitudinous celebration of the genre in all its varieties, and the driving force of a series of activities whose influence stretches throughout the year: the encouragement to the creation of new works, the recovery and value enhancement of the genre’s heritage, the stimulus to artistic excellence, the fostering of stylistic diversity and culture consumption, and the promotion of creative industries of the fi
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Posted by Peggy Goldman on August 17, 2009 at 9:46pm
All travelers have an appreciation for the natural beauty, unique culture and fascinating history of the foreign lands they explore. And it is through this exploration that they also see the flip side of those exotic lands, the hardships endured by some of the people, devastating poverty amid the cultural treasures, lack of basic resources such as clean water, electricity, proper shelter, and crippling social class distinctions that crush hopes and dreams. Inspired by Nobel Prize Laureate Mohamm
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Posted by Nina Zapala on August 11, 2009 at 7:16pm
This is my first time to the BVI and it is gorgeous. Peter Island is an amazing place, full of wildlife, neon turquoise waters and the spa is delicious with two Ayurvedic doctors on staff.
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Posted by Terry Herman on August 3, 2009 at 7:50pm
My review article on the Abbey Resort & Avani Spa is running in "Les Nouvelles Esthetiques & Spa". To access, go to www.lneonline.com; digital edition, pps. 10-20.Check out my article posts at http://definitivespablog.blogspot.com/. All are based on travels and recognized expertise as a spa industry expert. Specific reviews on the Heidel House Resort & Evensong Spa and the Hotel Del Coronado Beach Village & Spa.
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A passage to Brooklyn, NYI walk aroundseeing the crowd,watching the people across the roadson Wilson, Myrtle, Cypress, Cornelia or Knickerbocker StreetsI find Spanish as the language spoken.Numerous shops like those of the hairdressers, restaurants,and other business firmsdraw me to get in and have a try;search for something and take a choicefrom all those items seen and displayed.Like any movements in public placesthe traffic snarls the narrow roadswith all those cars and passersbykeep me wait
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A Reconnoitre in VeronaNothing can dim the glow of my joyThose meaningful moments which I still recallI find certain happiness yet silence in timeWith occupying thoughts that always cross my mind.Along the stream of consciousness, there’s a hidden messageI may be attentive, yet time creeps so fast.There’s difficulty that hampers me thougha busload of burdens that wrap me till night.On and off, I turn to gaze at these thingsWholly appreciative that counts twice as much.The richness in spirit open
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ASSISI: VENTRILOQUISM FOR MY GRAILA leap across the hill-top,Is an encounter with God.Concealed in the language of historythe depth of human religiosity.It rings true for me thoughthose stories of Francis of Assisi.Surely, striking the hallmarks of simplicityin quietude where I cling to reality.There is a twofold bridge in it,That is historical and biblicalThat I must continue to facethe conundrum of life in details.As my eyes follow the historical marksMy spirit keeps me wander to go beyond.I s
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FLORENCE: ICONIC IN CLASSICISMBehind the insatiable appetite of peoplewho come to see and appreciateThe work of art in human historylies the images and quality of faith.This beautiful city of FlorenceWhere a kind of growth and civilizationHas kept the sentiment of traditionThat carries with it all our admiration.It is the evidence of achievementthat seems to paint with ever greater meaningThe finest features that renaissance offersto penetrate freedom recurrent in our existence.Described as clas
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Far from homeI drool overto come and see,Those lovely places aroundtruly, a sight to behold.Artifacts from Spanish timesMagnificent churches,Buildings and a tad of ruinshave significance to perceive.Clematis dripping from wallsCascades of flowersGreen trees elsewheregive delight to everyone.A triumph of hopeawaits the localsas a hybrid nationa birthplace of faith.One day it happensdoused by rainsSwathed in fogyet it holds a promise of joy.A trek through the mountainlo and behold!Zipaquirá, its n
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Such is lifeSadness afflicts usand sorrow brings us backto capture the mem’ries of the pastSuch a call, such is life.It’s difficult to accept,It’s a struggle to keepwith mem’ries that haunt usto reminisce and believe.Greet the day with hopehave a cheerful lookand turn over a new leafto welcome a new spirit.A growing sense of optimismdraws us to keep alive.the expressions of human relationsthat link us to uphold.It’s a process though,Enabling us to realizethat gift of life God has given usto keep
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Traveling by airIn a busy airport like Hongkongwhere travelers come and meetalong with their families, friends and acquaintancesMobility continues to soar.It’s amazing to see themas they hurry to walkeither for check-in, boarding or whateverThey make an effort to be there on time.Certain things have to keep going,realizing the rules and proceduresthat concern all passengersbound for their respective destinations.More and more take the chanceeither Qantas, Philippine Airlines,Northwest and many o
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Popular spirituality of the Filipinos – in various structures1. The starting pointLooking back on the past centuries of the Philippine situation, the influences of Spain and the United States of America have become clear to some extend that the self-awareness of Filipinos is still in the process of being born. Faced with the idea of the West towards colonization and acculturation, things have reached into the ways of disequilibrium. This imbalance, in turn, has induced social change, that is to
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