Category: Places

The good, the bad, and the ugly: the Lima traffic paradox

In the 1990s, Alberto Fujimori was responsible for bringing a huge influx of used vans and buses in from South Korea. This linked article is in Spanish, but it tells of the country’s ills...

Biking in Barcelona with Viu Bicing

Biking in Barcelona: How to use Viu Bicing

Barcelona is a city of fewer than 2 million, but its streets buzz with the swarming sound of ceaseless activity. Still, it is a bike-friendly town if you’re located within the city limits. There’s...

View from the Carmel Turo de la Rovira bunkers in Barcelona

Things I Wish I Knew before Living in Barcelona

I’ve been living and writing about Barcelona now for a year. There are certain things that I wish I’d known about Barcelona before coming here. I did a quick internet search, and found posts...

Our room at the Riad Doha in Fes, Morocco

A Candid Review of the Riad Doha Hotel in Fes, Morocco

Riads are guesthouses in the old Medinas of Morocco’s medieval cities. Fes is the country’s second-largest city, and as such its sprawling Medina hosts a number of newly-renovated riads. If you are looking for...

The tanneries in Fes

Fez, Morocco: Photos of the Fes Medina

Fez is Morocco’s medieval city, dating back ages and crowned with such epithets as “The Athens of Africa” and “The Mecca of the West.” It is Morocco’s second largest city, home to 1.1 million people,...

Tourist map of Fez Morocco Medina

Visiting Fes, Morocco: How to Get Around the Fez Medina

Note: all this information is current as of August, 2015. The first thing that happens in Fez, Morroco is you are lost. Really though being lost is the best thing that can happen to a traveler,...

The huge back hump of a shark in captivity in the Barcelona aquarium

What is there to see at the Barcelona Aquarium?

It is easy to forget that Barcelona is a port city. The busy modern port is westward, beyond Montjuic, so the activity isn’t present as you walk down the Ramblas or celebrate Holi in the...

Some of the colorful 'ash', 2 euros a pop.

Getting Colorful: Celebrating Holi in Barcelona

Holi in Barcelona is one of the many places where the traditional Indian festival has found expression. Here’s Holi Barcelona’ Facebook page. I went with Mayra of Viajera Peruana to check out some of...

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