We love a country that has cultural depth, and Mexico is a fine example of such a country. Many thanks to Dale of The Maritime Explorer for capturing a sense of some of the greatness of Mexico with this wonderful post about Teotihuacan. Many thanks to Dale for also allowing us to share his words and photos with you.
In preparing for this post I reviewed about a dozen other websites to determine what was considered either the best or the most important tourist attraction in Mexico.
The consensus came down quite strongly in favour of Teotihuacán among those sites that were mostly focused on history and culture and not on the hedonism of places like Cancun and Cabo.
Victoria Falls Tour in Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls is known as the 'smoke that thunders' and is among the best waterfalls in the world. Learn why Zimbabwe is such a beautiful stop on our Southern Africa tour with an excellent write up shared with us by Dale of the Maritime Explorer.
Victoria Falls Tour With Adventures Abroad
Alison and I have just completed a 12 day tour of Namibia with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad. Here’s a post giving you all the reasons why this is a must-do trip if you like to get off the beaten track and experience a country that is only now coming into its own as a tourist destination.
Etosha National Park - Namibia Tour Part 2 - Wildlife Water Holes
In a destination as good as Namibia, it is hard summarize just how great it is. Sometimes you need two posts for one event. Following up with his excellent first post, we present another post from Dale of The Maritime Explorer on the watering holes of Namibia.
This is my second post on the famous water holes of Etosha National Park in northern Namibia. This is the final leg of a journey that has taken us from Windhoek to the Namib Desert to the Skeleton Coast to Damaraland and now Etosha.
Etosha National Park - Touring Namibia’s Wonderful Wildlife Water Holes
In a land as dry and large as Namibia, you would think it would be hard to find the animals. Not the case! You just have to know where to look.
Our next installment from Dale of The Maritime Explorer talks all things wildlife and watering hole related. Read on.
This the seventh post on a recent trip to the fabulous country of Namibia with Canadian travel experts Adventures Abroad. In the course of just over a week our small group has discovered that Namibia is a huge country with a great variety of landscapes.
Cacaxtla Mexico And Its Amazing Ancient Murals
What better way to depict history than by a painting to ensure generations can understand important facets of culture? Dale of The Maritime Explorer joined us for a recent tour to Cacaxtla to see the ancient murals for himself. Many thanks to him for allowing us to share his insights.
Many visitors to Mexico make it a point to see some of the great murals of the 20th century by artists like Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco that depict important scenes from Mexico’s history in ways that are understandable to every Mexican, whether literate or not.
Damaraland Namibia Desert Elephant Safari
An elephant safari isn't always what comes to mind when travelling through Africa, but join us as Dale of The Maritime Explorer recounts his experience on one of our favourite tours. Learn more about our small group tour to Damaraland Namibia.
The journey continues for our intrepid group of Adventures Abroad explorers as we brave the 40°C (104°F) temperatures of the Namib Desert and Damaraland Namibia in search of the flora and fauna that can survive in these conditions.
