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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: Cynthia DialReturn

Cynthia is a journalist and admitted addict — a travel addict. As a travel writer whose office is the world, she’s visited seven continents, 60 countries, countless cities and innumerable countrysides, where she’s attempted Argentina’s tango, canoed in the Amazon, ridden a Harley-Davidson throughMelbourne and sat amongst penguins in Antarctica. Born a Texan, she’s a long-time San Diego resident. In addition to TraveLife, credits include Time Magazine (Europe and Asia editions), Hemispheres, Costco Connection, Shape, Fit, Destinations Weddings & Honeymoons, and numerous newspapers. She also hosted the “No Passport Required” show on World Talk Radio and authored the book, “Get Your Travel Writing Published” (McGraw-Hill is the US/Canada distributor). Go to http://www.travelingcynthia.blogspot.com to see Cynthia's blog.

Exploring the Amazing Amazon

Cynthia Dial |

QUITO, ECUADOR - After receiving yellow fever, typhoid, tetanus and Hepatitis A shots, going on malaria tablets, purchasing a mosquito net for my face, buying insect repellent with deet and quizzing anyone who has travelled within 800 kilometres of the Amazon rain forest, I was ready for my ensuing adventure.

Tijuana a Shopper's Dream

Cynthia Dial |

TIJUANA, MEXICO - Viva la Mexico! The country's zest for life is legendary. Long known for margaritas and mariachis, today's Mexico offers much more - including one-of-a-kind shopping. In layman's lingo, Mexico is a destination where one with champagne taste can shop on a tequila pocketbook. Good deals abound. And the quality is there, if you know where to look.

Warm Welcome in the Land of the Penguins

Cynthia Dial |

USHUAIA, ARGENTINA - Visitors to this remote Argentinean debarkation port for Antarctic cruises are greeted with a hearty: Welcome to the end of the world - or to the beginning.