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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...

Archive by author: Marc AtchisonReturn

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.

Life's a Beach in Rio

Marc Atchison |

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A ray of early morning sunshine kissed my cheeks and aroused my interest about the noise coming from outside.

Panama is 'Perfecto' for Travellers

Marc Atchison |

EL VALLE DE ANTON, PANAMA - The hammock shops gathered along the Pan American Highway start to become a blur as our van hits top speed heading south toward this resort town hidden deep in a rainforest.

Panama City is a Playful Place

Marc Atchison |

PANAMA CITY - “Gringo, gringo.” At first I can’t tell where the words are coming from but being the only fair-haired, blue-eyed “gringo” in sight, I know they’re being directed at me.

You're Never in Rio Danger

Marc Atchison |

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Safety is always a concern in Rio - so play it safe and don't invite trouble by wearing any jewellery while walking the streets and especially not on the beaches. Only take local currency with you and leave your credit cards and valuables in your hotel safe.

Famed Hotel a Rio Charmer

Marc Atchison |

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl ... At the Copa, Copacabana ..." There is only one drawback about staying at Rio de Janeiro's spectacular Copacabana Palace hotel - you can never stop humming that old Barry Manilow hit of a few decades ago. If I could only remember the words.

Brazil's Santos is a Heavenly Place to Visit

Marc Atchison |

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 rival anything in Rio and some of the most unusual attractions in South America.

Rio is the fun capital of Brazil

Marc Atchison |

RIO DE JANEIRO - For someone who had been to the top of Corcovado "more than 800 times," Rodrassis, our chain-smoking, wise-cracking guide, seemed overly excited about introducing us to Le esta o Crito Redentor, the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer that sits atop the city's largest mountain.

Panama Canal is a Wonder Worth Seeing

Marc Atchison |

PANAMA CITY - For the dozens of people lined across the full length of the observation deck atop the Miraflores Visitors Centre, the Panama Canal represents one of man’s greatest engineering achievements – right up there with Egypt’s pyramids and China’s Great Wall.

Making Some Quick Steps in Argentina

Marc Atchison |

BUENOS AIRES - It took some fancy footwork to arrange my first tango lesson. A day lost to learning the seductive dance of Argentina due to a Canadian snowstorm required a lot of shuffling on my part.

A Ghost Town in Name Only

Marc Atchison |

REAL DE CATORCE, MEXICO - As my eyes adjust after the 2.3 km ride through the narrow Ogarrio Tunnel, the small Mexican ciudad de fantasma, or ghost town, of Real de Catorce comes into full view.