This is one cool tourist attraction in Boulder City near Las Vegas (30 minutes or so away via highway) and very popular; with approximately 7 million visitors per year. Completed in 1935 it is a National Historic Landmark (1985) and one of America’s ‘Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders’ (1994). It is a concrete arch dam…
That is EXACTLY what is needed, I recently said to a casual acquaintance. The woman was an ex-nurse who had become wheelchair bound and debillited by psychiatry (hospitalizations, psychotropic medications) and was now on a mission to tell everyone she met that her supposed ‘mental illness’ was actually from severe gluten intolerance. She had celiac…
Volunteering at Mother Teresa Charity in Cusco, Peru. I had a very touching experience working with severely disabled children and adults at the Mother Teresa House in Cusco, Peru, and am grateful I was given the opportunity. If you want to volunteer read: How To Volunteer in Cusco. I helped out for only a couple…
Puerto Lopez, Ecuador travel photo memories. Puerto Lopez is a dusty, dirty town with some cool things to do during certain times of the year and beautiful beaches nearby. The top tourist attraction is taking a boat tour during June – September to have an ‘out of this world’ Humpback whale watching experience, getting to…
A river runs alongside it, you just have to take a bit of effort to find it. Situated on the western shores of Río de la Plata, during summer two sand-filled beach areas become jammed with tourists and locals alike escaping the smoggy, sweltering heat of the city: Parque Roca and Parque de los Niños….