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One Week in Iceland

If you are a neat freak, love virgin nature and have a week of vacation go to Iceland. Iceland is a European country that occupies a whole island located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the land of volcanoes, geysers, hot springs, lava fields and massive glaciers.   When to go? The best time [...]

By | November 5th, 2017|Europe|0 Comments

2,000 Islands Make Up the Bahamas

The Bahamas are actually an archipelago that has over 2,000 islands, including tiny ones made of coral reefs debris. Technically, they are not actually located in the Caribbean sea but the the Atlantic Ocean, not far off the coast of Florida in the US. The language in the Bahamas can sometimes be tricky to understand, [...]

By | August 18th, 2017|Caribbean|0 Comments

Belize – The ultimate destination in Central America

Belize really is an enigma when it comes to Central America: For starters, it's official language is not Spanish, but English, a testament to how it was colonised successfully by the British. It is also unique in that it is the only country in Central America that doesn't have it's coastline on the pacific ocean, [...]

By | August 15th, 2017|South America|0 Comments

China – The Ever Changing Country

When people speak about China, they tend to fixate themselves on it's ancient history with the Great Wall, the Forgotten Palace and the Terracotta Warriors. But this vast country, the size of the US, and with the largest population in the world, is rapidly transforming from an emerging, underdeveloped economy to an Asian Tiger powerhouse [...]

By | August 6th, 2017|Asia|0 Comments

Spain – Beyond Barcelona and Madrid

Spain is rightfully on the itineraries of millions of tourists from Europe and North America every year. Spanish culture has managed to transplant itself to former colonial territories from Mexico all the way through Central America and into South America. Even in Los Angeles in the US, has the most Spanish speakers out of any [...]

By | August 1st, 2017|Europe|0 Comments

Guide to Sri Lanka

Only 12 years ago, Sri Lanka was in the midst of a brutal civil war between the insurgency force known as the “Tamil Tigers” – which was a paramilitary force fighting for independence in the predominantly Hindu Tamil north of the country – and the government in Colombo, which was predominantly Buddhist. However, the civil [...]

By | July 22nd, 2017|Asia|0 Comments