Barcelona : The Catalan capital in northeastern Spain is rich with historic sites and classic tourist activities ,browsing the centuries-old Boqueria market, studying the works of Picasso and Miro, posing with Gaudi’s frosted fairytale houses in Parc Guell but the city’s current dynamism is rooted elsewhere. To discover what’s fueling Barcelona right now, look to [...]
Mexico’s fourth-largest city Puebla ,is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Cinco de Mayo, when an outmanned Mexican army defeated the French troops of Napoleon III in 1862. One of the safest big cities in the country, is famous for food, not battlefields.
At the first annual International Mole Festival , Puebla’s namesake dish, [...]
In 2002 financial crash in Argentina’s was actually a boon for the local wine industry. The winemakers in the northern region of the country could deliver high-quality vintages to the export market at very low prices, even while the cost of making wine was dropping.The result is a vibrant wine scene with [...]
In this world ,no one knows when we are going to spot life on another world, but at the sametime everyone knows how it will happen.One of the antennas will pick up the unmistakable signal by constantly listening to the sky as part of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project. Or perhaps one of [...]
The Church of Santo Domingo in Oaxaca,which is famously opulent interior is covered with ornate painting, stucco and gilding,are visited by only fewer tourists.It is the bustling cultural centre of years past.
You could do worse than traveling to Mexican hot spots such as Cancun or Cozumel ,if you’re looking for a personal encounter with thousands [...]
In Beirut there is a newly opened waterfront promenade, Zaitunay Bay, on a mild January morning. The Lebanese capital is not exactly known for tranquillity , on this attractive marina nestled below street level, you could hear the water lapping against the hulls of docked pleasure craft.
The elegant pedestrian esplanade, which opened in December spent [...]
From giant bananas to towering Paul Bunyan statues to oversized eggs, the world’s roadsides are filled with crazy kitsch.Big roadside attractions are most popular in Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.
The Big Apple rises over Highway 401. Up in Kenora there’s giant fish called Husky the Muskie towering overhead. Down under, they [...]
United Nations World Tourism Organization
An Al Jazeera piece about how the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is predicting a BILLION international tourists across the globe this year.
That’s absolutely stunning, isn’t it? One billion international tourists in one year along, hopping into planes and trains and cars and buses and motorcycles and making international [...]
A LACK of snow across much of the United States has ski resorts from Lake Tahoe to Vermont scrambling to make enough on their own.
In Vermont, where unseasonably warm temperatures challenged snow-making in mid-December, Mad River Glen was forced to close for four days earlier this month.And resorts in Park City, Utah, have run snowmakers [...]
Natalie Batalha has had plenty of experience fielding questions from both layfolk and other scientists over the past couple of years — and with good reason. Batalha is the deputy principal investigator for the spectacularly successful Kepler space telescope, which has found evidence of more than 2,000 planets orbiting distant stars so far — including, [...]
