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Finding happiness in a small Costa Rican town

Karen Asp

Costa Rica

Karen Asp gets off the well-worn tourist routes in Costa Rica and discovers a charming town in a country known as the happiest in Latin America and where people live longer thanks to their healthy lif...
Towns make Mexico magical

Athena Lucero

Mexico

Writer Athena Lucero looks at the tiny towns that make Mexico a magical place to visit and explore - towns where locals welcome tourists with open arms and make them feel at home.
Medellín is a state-of-the-art city

Marc Atchison

Colombia

On a visit to Medellín, Marc Atchison discovers this beauty is truly at art capital of Colombia.

Brazil's Santos is a Heavenly Place to Visit

Marc Atchison

Brazil

SANTOS, BRAZIL - For a coffee town, Santos really proves to be a tourist’s cup of tea. Not as well known as some of Brazil’s other major cities, this sleepy town offers vacationers beaches that riva...
L.A.-like Monterrey is the ‘star’ of Mexico

Athena Lucero

Mexico

MONTERREY — With the seventh largest public plaza in the world, a meandering river walk, world-class museums, an outrageous culinary scene, Mexico’s best universities and medical schools, the hip su...
Medellín Hotel Offers a View to the Future

Marc Atchison

Colombia

MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA - Agnes Garcia takes a long sip of her vintage French wine before responding to a question so many others have asked: “Why did you open a hotel in a country and city, both of which...

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Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.

Medellín is a state-of-the-art city

Marc Atchison |

On a visit to Medellín, Marc Atchison discovers this beauty is truly at art capital of Colombia.

Riding back into colonial Colombia

Marc Atchison |

The deeper you go into Colombia, the more you like it. That's what Marc Atchison discovered when he arrived in the colonial town of Santa Fe de Antioquia, a place frozen in time.

In Colombia, Mr. Coffee Keeps Traditions Alive

Marc Atchison |

FREDONIA, COLOMBIA - The first thing you have to know about the people of this coffee-rich country is that “they don’t really like coffee.”

Colombian Landmark is Rock Solid

Marc Atchison |

GUATAPE, COLOMBIA - I’ve only climbed 150 of the 740 steps required to reach the top of a mammoth monolith known as El Peñol and already I’m exhausted. My aching knees are in need of a Ben Gay fix. My heart is pounding so hard I think it’s about to leap out of my chest.

Transporting Medellín into the Future

Marc Atchison |

MEDELLíN, COLOMBIA - The Metro cable car lifts off from Santo Domingo station and the cows and horses grazing in the makeshift pasture beneath the gondola scatter in all directions.

Medellín Hotel Offers a View to the Future

Marc Atchison |

MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA - Agnes Garcia takes a long sip of her vintage French wine before responding to a question so many others have asked: “Why did you open a hotel in a country and city, both of which have made great strides to clean up their notorious past, but still remain suspect with most international travellers?”

Panama Going for the 'Green' by Luring Golfers

Marc Atchison |

PANAMA CITY - When a country is shaped like the 13th hole at Augusta National, and its most famous landmark is a “water hole,” chances are it has some pretty good golf courses.

Picture Perfect Los Cabos Rolls Out Welcome Mat

Marc Atchison |

LA PLAYITA, MEXICO - The jagged mountains that sweep down to the Sea of Cortez here turn flamingo pink as the sun rises behind them and casts a glorious light over this small fishing village, which sits just outside the resort area of Los Cabos.

Charming Montevido is Easy to Digest

Marc Atchison |

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - This is a part of South America that doesn’t get as much attention from tourists as glamour spots like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. They don’t know what they’re missing.

Carnival Site the Place for Rio Fun

Marc Atchison |

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For such a big event, Rio’s world famous carnival occupies very little space. For those who think that every street of this vibrant, colorful city is jammed with people watching Rio's world-famous Carnival parade, think again.