Author: Fernando Diez
In the Galapagos, travelers trade traffic and screen time for playful swims with sea lions and up-close encounters with penguins, tortoises, dolphins, and iguanas. But pair that with an Amazon River expedition, and you’ve got something even more extraordinary: the closest thing to an African wildlife safari in the Western …
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In the past 12 years, Lima Peru has become the newest hub for language schools offering an immersion language experience to students who want a crash course in Spanish. This growth in interest to study in Lima, the "City of Kings", is thanks to a…
Chocolate is a pleasure, a passion and a global industry. When the Spanish Court discovered that combining New World chocolate with sugar produced such amazing results, they kept it a state secret for 100 years. Thankfully the secret got out and now the entire world…
The Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) is a species of sea lion that exclusively breeds on the Galápagos Islands and – in smaller numbers – on Isla de la Plata (Ecuador). Being fairly social, and one of the most numerous species in the Galápagos archipelago,…
Endemic species are geographically constrained to one particular place on the planet. They often live on islands, though humanity has pushed more than a handful of continent-based animals to an endemic state through hunting and habitat loss. Endemic species are more likely to form in…
The name Tungurahua comes from the dialect "Quichua" of the native people of Ecuador. Made up of the words Tunguri meaning "throat" and rahua meaning "fire", Tungurahua means "Throat of Fire". The province of Ecuador where the volcano is located, was named after it. Tungurahua…
Quito, Ecuador became one of the shining stars of the World Travel Awards of 2013, capturing the title of South America's Leading Destination. Also on this category were eight other destinations including Lima, Bogotá, RÃo de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago and The Galapagos…