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Travel in the Americas. North, South and Central America archives.

Are you looking for something adventurous to do near you? Maybe you want to fill your vacation with Florida adventures? Here’s a run down of thrill-seeking activities and fun adventurous activities in the state of Florida. Florida has long been synonymous with travel and vacations in the U.S. You will picture Orlando theme parks full …

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How to get to Tikal from Flores? Your choices of transport to Tikal Guatemala from beautiful Flores. Tikal National Park is quite possibly the most famous place in Guatemala and the majority of people depart from Flores to Tikal. The ancient Mayan city is the biggest and most impressive in Central America, spanning over 100 …

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Cuba is changing. The decades-old American embargo is being relaxed this year, and a 2010 government decree is allowing private restaurateurs to open enterprising eateries across the island. The changes are sparking curiosity in travellers across the world.Cuba features numerous family friendly resorts and welcomes cruise ship visits from seniors, so the island clearly offers activities …

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Good Friday, two religions in one day. Ancient Mayan traditions in a steamy sub-tropical rain forest at Tikal and an evening Catholic procession in the town of Flores. During our month in Antigua Guatemala we saw the Sunday processions and flower carpets of the build up to Easter, the big day itself, Easter Sunday, will …

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Dedicated followers ( there are a few!) will know that we just spent a whole month in Antigua Guatemala quietly getting on with life before catching the bus from Antigua to San Pedro La Laguna up on Lake Atitlan. It’s like stepping into another world, one we find infinitely more enjoyable. Antigua is lovely but …

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Antigua Guatemala is a stunningly beautiful city in Guatemala. Its architecture, history, and culture are sure to delight, along with the volcanoes that smoke around it. Antigua is a vacation destination popular with many and a popular location for retirement and expats. We were lucky enough to spend a full month there to really get …

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We only stopped for a couple of hours in Charleston, South Carolina on our USA road trip but we absolutely loved it. We should have stayed longer. We try to pick where we spend the night based on a quick morning internet scan to see what accommodation prices are like. There was nothing under $50 …

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We pulled into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last night and headed straight for the beach for the boys to have a run around. They do amazingly well in the car, we’d had a relatively short drive by our standards, around 5 hours of sitting still. Those little limbs needed to move. Myrtle Beach is beautiful! …

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We like to try new foods as we travel around the world,  but chocolate coated bacon? Seriously? We haven’t found anything that bizarre since Marmite flavoured fudge. We found this new and exciting culinary invention at the Bird in Hand Farmers’ Market deep in Amish country, Pennsylvania. It’s just up the road from the unusually …

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This morning the boys and I went to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not New York,  just off Times Square in New York City. I’d never been to a museum like it before and I really didn’t know too much about it. We loved it! I thought it would be about Guinness World Record breakers mostly. …

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