There is a reason Antigua, Guatemala is a UNESCO protected city. It is absolutely gorgeous and a lot of work has been put into restoring it. This trip, I had a particular fascination with the vast varieties of door knockers around the city.
And also the gorgeous walls. There are many, many buildings painted solid, striking colours, but I really love these walls where you can see all the different layers of colour that the building has been painted over the years.
I had always had a fascination for Easter Island (Isla de Pascua / Rapa Nui) ever since I was a kid, and made my first trip to the Island back in 2003. I stayed 5 days on that occasion and could not understand how the majority of people who were visiting said they were bored…
I’ve always loved classical music but rarely do I find myself listening to it (though I love it when I do), and even more rarely do I go and see it performed live. I think the last time was a few years ago when I went to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing their free…
The not-exactly-great-for-enjoying-the-beach weather during our stay in Puerto Lopez meant that we ended up going on a 4hr excursion to the small community of Agua Blanca. We probably wouldn’t have made this visit if it had been sunny, and that would have been a shame, because it is a lovely 1/2-day trip to an amazing…
You don’t have to know me for too long before you come to realise how much I love icecream! I admit it – I’m an addict. So how does the icecream here in Central America stack up? Icecream in Nicaragua In Nicaragua, there are essentially two key ice-creameries. Eskimo – which are absolutely…
Trawling the Quito Cultura website last week (as I do every Sunday) I came across the following advertisement for Leyendas Nocturnas (Night Legends) at the El Tejar Convent in downtown Quito. From the description, it seemed as if it might follow the same formula as the awesome night tour I did at the Santiago General…
I started my Day 2 in Esfahan (see here for Day 1) wandering around the parklands that border the River Zayendeh. Then, after my aborted attempt at visiting the Shah Mosque, I decided that I’d make my way out to the largest mosque in Iran, the Jameh Mosque of Esfahan (the main mosque in each town is called…