Great ideas – Ecuador – Nutrition Labels
Another great idea from Ecuador — easy to understand Nutrition Labels! These are labels for Coke Zero and Ecuadorian Chocolate.

Another great idea from Ecuador — easy to understand Nutrition Labels! These are labels for Coke Zero and Ecuadorian Chocolate.

In my ongoing pursuit of trying as many of the typical dishes as possible of whatever country I am in, after some emails to uncover how I might go about doing it, this morning I did a gastronomy tour with Sapito Tours in Suchitoto. It was brilliant! In this post I’m going to focus on…
The best-preserved Viking (Norse) ruin in Greenland, Hvalsey Church is a must-see for visitors to the southern part of the island. Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of Kujataa (5 areas of South Greenland protected for their evidence of sub-arctic farming practices spanning several centuries), it is a wonderful half-day trip from…
La Mariposa supports lots of things within the community of La Concepcion and has added a concert by local artists to the program. This is a local family and some of their friends performing Mexican and traditional Nicaraguan music for us. My favourite was Nicaragua Mia – love the line “soy puro pinolero” And…
Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, has many festivals that are spaced throughout the year. One of the key events during Winter is Nuuk Multi Kulti – a 4 day celebration of cultural diversity in this small and remote city. During my 2 months in Nuuk, I’d met people from Greenland and Denmark (OK, no surprises there), Mexico,…
We get frustrated and start to complain in Australia if we have to queue for more an a minute or two to achieve whatever it is we are trying to do. But really we have nothing to complain about. If you are not on a package tour to Cuba – you must get used…
My last destination with the MAdventure group was Yazd – a desert town renowned for its well-preserved, mud-brick architecture and fascinating “Badgirs” (wind-catchers). I didn’t think it was possible to get hotter than Esfahan and Persepolis, but I was absolutely wrong. Yazd is something else in the heat stakes – 43 degrees for the duration…