Not so long ago, Colombia's second largest metro area was sadly synonymous with rampant drug-related violence, the notorious narco-lord Pablo Escobar, and the Medellín Cartel. The past decade, though, has...
30/09/2015
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Month: September 2015
There are few cities in Spain - perhaps even in all of Europe - which have experienced such radical transformation in the last three decades as the capital of...
29/09/2015
I must remember this: My first encounter with Morocco's largest city (pop. 3.6 million) was, perhaps like that of many, not in Technicolour but in dramatic black and white...
28/09/2015
If you’re like me, you’re absolutely entranced by the otherworldliness of what lies off our planet’s shores, you try to don mask and fins and take the plunge into...
25/09/2015
Less familiar to many than other Latin American cuisines such as Mexican, Peruvian, and Cuban, Chilean cuisine has always been considered one of those that best blend the traditions of...
24/09/2015
Back in the bad old days of the Cold War, Warsaw was one of the main names associated with the Communist bloc thanks to the fact that its military...
22/09/2015
For holidaymakers, of the great Autonomous Community of Catalonia’s four provinces, Barcelona tends to get most of the attention, closely followed by Tarragona and Girona. But west of these, Catalonia’s...
21/09/2015
You've no doubt heard of northern Spain's Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James), the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. And quite likely, too, the north's region of Cantabria....
17/09/2015
Rising prices are of course an unavoidable fact of life, but for those of us bitten by the travel bug, fortunately there remain a surprising number of bargains scattered across this big,...
15/09/2015
Oh yes, it's that time of year again - when a region already one of the USA's loveliest rolls out its most stunning reds, yellows, and oranges. Whether it's Indian...
14/09/2015
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