You can’t really appreciate Santa Fe’s nickname until you arrive in the “City Different”. The flourishing arts town in simultaneously hippyish and upscale. It’s pueblo architecture is like nothing I’ve seen before. Founded in 1607 at an elevation of 7,000 feet, it is America’s oldest and highest capital city. Full of history and culture, it…
There has been so much written about Las Vegas already, and whether you think it’s gaudy, garish or glamorous, it’s a city you should see at least once for yourself, even if for the sheer spectacle of it all. You can do Vegas high end staying at the best hotels on the strip (try Caesar’s…
Visiting the Hoover Dam and especially the Grand Canyon is unbelievable and an absolute must! I recently had this opportunity, so I’m sharing a few tips based on my personal experience: Hoover Dam -> Visit the Hoover Dam first – the Grand Canyon is so incredibly impressive that it was hard to be as impressed…
While walking today on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua I noticed an unconventional wall and canvas for graffiti or street art. With fewer than 1000 residents and not many walls to speak of, budding Little Corn artists have found a canvas that goes beyond concrete or wood, rather using the discarded, or perhaps shipwrecked, remains of…
There are some amazing examples of bloggers capturing this week’s orange photo challenge and we are barely a day in! I hope you check out some of them here. And now for my best attempt at a montage of orange in varying hues.
Hlane Royal National Park is Swaziland’s largest protected area and home to lions, zebra, elephants, wildebeests, impala and the elusive white rhino. Below is one of my favourite moments from our visit in 2010, spotting five amazing rhinos drinking together side by side at a local watering hole. Check out other bloggers interpretation of Symmetry.
At almost half a million square feet, the Frank Gehry-designed Art Gallery of Ontario is a wonderful place to spend a meandering afternoon taking in some culture. One of my favourite spots is the the Italian Gallery (pictured) with its minimalist wood and glass design. The sheer scale of it can overwhelm and inspire. If you are…
My visit to the beautiful country of Venezuela turned out a be an incredibly memorable trip filled with muddy treks in the Amazon, stunning Margarita Island beaches and thrilling boat rides down the Orinoco Delta. Certainly one of the highlights was catching a glimpse of Angel Falls. Along with our lovable yet crazy chain-smoking Austrian guide, a…
The Mission District in San Francisco is one of my favourite neighbourhoods. The many murals painted on walls, fences and garages by Latino artists beginning in the 1970’s bring street art and self-expression to life here. A stroll down Balmy Alley reveals beautifully colourful works that make statements about gentrification, resistance, the AIDS epidemic, the environment, colonialism…
A great post from across106thstreet expressing love for the beautiful and enchanting city of Paris through photography inspired me to flip through my own photos and pay tribute to one of my favourite cities. Having visited a few times now, there is always something I love to come back to and always something new to discover. Below are a…
