Snowboarding may have been a big attraction for returning to the mountain town of Zakopane in Poland for Terence, but for both of us, the exuberant live folk music, highlander culture, and hearty food were also major draws. Every night and any night of the week in Zakopane, you can stroll down the main cobblestone street and … Read more
“This is the graveyard of a young woman, eight months pregnant, who was killed by an elephant,” 55-year old Jane Mwamburi of Msorongo Village, Kenya, tells us through our guide and interpreter, Oliver. There are actually two graveyards, because the Taita people do not believe in burying a pregnant woman with her baby, Oliver reveals, … Read more
On a bright sunny weekend in Buenos Aires, right up there with leisurely strolling the elegant cobblestone streets, browsing one of the Argentine capital’s many buzzy flea markets and a lazy afternoon sipping yerba mate with the locals in one of Palermo’s sprawling parks, is, for us, a visit to La Feria de Matadores on … Read more
Almost every evening during our stay in San Miguel de Allende, there have been wonderful performances of traditional Mexican dances by San Miguel’s different folkloric troupes on a stage in the main square. The ‘staging’ of tourism, the recreation of cultural traditions through performance and the production of tourism as a series of staged events … Read more
The artistic, cultural and spiritual heart of Bali for centuries, Ubud is serenely located up in the hills in lush jungle, surrounded by rice-paddies. Lined with galleries, cafés and craft shops, its narrow streets are a delight to wander. There’s no denying that Ubud has become increasingly commercial and its economy is more tourist-focused than ever. … Read more