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Latest Americas travel stories
World at a Glance: The Colours of Tortola
A short post today, folks. About Tortola. On the way from Puerto Rico to Saint Martin recently, I had the briefest of stopovers on this green and gorgeous isle, so here's a tiny taste of the largest of the British Virgin Islands for you. And painkillers. Although, you will have to imagine the taste of the painkillers. Or experiment your [...]
Affable Anguilla (or Mellow Malliouhana)
Well hello there, good people. I am just back from a spot of island hopping in the Eastern Caribbean. I started out in Puerto Rico, popped across to explore Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, then returned to Puerto Rico, just because I enjoyed Old San Juan so much. Then – by way of a 24-hour stop in Tortola in [...]
In retrospect: heritage and scam in Rio de Janeiro
Ah, Rio: From the mountains of Corcovado with the towering Jesus, and Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf), to the glorious beaches and Guanabara Bay that protects the city from the tempestuous Atlantic, and the jungle and rainforest in between. Pão de Açúcar silhouette at sunset All that is part of the world heritage site Rio de Janeiro: Carioca landscapes between [...]
World at a Glance: Pretty Petrópolis (Day out Rio)
In Rio de Janeiro and want to get out of town for a day? Away from the beaches and party atmosphere of Copacabana? No? Didn't think so. But if you change your mind, and want some fresh mountain air and a bit of old world culture to boot, may I suggest a trip to Petrópolis? Here are three things you [...]
11 things you’ll love in captivating and hedonistic New Orleans
New Orleans is a special place for me. It was the very first foreign city (and country) I visited. I was 11. Throughout my teenage years and adulthood, it stayed in my memory as an exotic place. Everything was unfamiliar and exciting, a whole new sensual experience: the sights, the sounds, the smells, the tropical weather, the humidity, enormous watermelons, [...]
Route 66: Western Oklahoma
If you ever plan to motor west, Travel my way, take the highway that is best. Get your kicks on route sixty-six. Alrighty then, let's go get our kicks. But since we've only got a few days, it will have to be just a short stretch, within the Land of the Red Man. That's what Oklahoma means, in the [...]
Postcard from Belize City: 5 things to see and do
Belize City, ca 2pm. Well, not 2pm today. But pre-corona and then some. Isn't just about everything fun pre-corona these days? BUT - post-corona is just around the corner. Smiiile! I'm in Belize to see Mayan pyramids. We're just down from Mexico, and the kids are pyramided out, so they're zip-lining instead - from treetop to treetop somewhere out in [...]
Ottawa’s picturesque Rideau Canal
Here I go again, starting one thing and ending up with quite another. Working on a blog post about China’s Grand Canal, I begin thinking about other canals I’ve been on. Or along. Or above, or beside. There are quite a few. At the same time, I’m noticing that my coverage of these cool man-made structures has been so-so. In [...]
Iguazu Falls: Simply mind-blowing
I love waterfalls; it's my favourite feature of nature. I also love rainbows. We all do, don't we? However, I feel I can make it a special claim, since my youngest daughter’s middle name is Hóng, meaning rainbow in the Hakka language. Rainbow over Iguazu Waterfalls crossing borders Just like Victoria Falls/Mosi-oa-Tunya marks the international border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, [...]
Philadelphia: The crack’d bell and the newborn country (Day out New York)
See this bell? We'll come back to it soon. But first, the building in the background. Independence Hall: where the US Declaration of Independence was signed, and later, the US Constitution. This building then, is where the first steps towards democracy in the USA were taken. (Of course, a country isn't democratic when more than half the population is excluded from [...]
World at a Glance: El Morro, overlooking the Caribbean Sea
When you enter Santiago de Cuba, the first thing you'll see may very well be San Pedro de la Roca, or El Morro, as the locals call it. On a morro, a promontory, above Santiago, it was constructed to protect the harbour of Cuba's second city. By chance, I've visited many military forts the last few years, and have found [...]
Cenotes: the bewitching underground world of the Mayas
We're not quite ready to leave Mexico yet here on Sophie's World. Today, we'll go for a swim, in a spring deep below ground, sunlight shining from high above. And we'll dive through enchanted caves in the jungle. (Well, you are. I'll stay in the shallows, because water and I, we have somewhat of a tense relationship.) And where will [...]
