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Caravelas, Transcoso: Bahia, Brazil

Caravelas and Transcoso     Transcoso is chic resort with world famous beaches shaded by swaying palm trees. It is a 16th century little town with dainty little adobe cottages which were formerly fisherman’s cottages round a huge lawn with a simple church at the end made of whale bone and coral. The cottages are […]

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Salvador de Bahia 2nd Visit

  Salvador’s historic centre Pelhourinho is like an onion slowly revealing itself to you. The first layer stings your eyes with its beauty. The rusty red, yellow ochre, baby blue and stately green buildings from the seventeenth century and the Bahiana women in their white hooped lace dresses, they look enormous, delight you. The second […]

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San Cristobal de Las Casas

    This is a beautiful small village in Chiapas in the very South of Mexico surrounded by mountains. It is a traditional town and has an amazing market where you can buy colourful Mexican handicrafts after some hard bargaining. There is a thriving tourist scene as the pretty cobbled streets, the picturesque properties and […]

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Mexico Bicentenary

Two hundred years of Independence is celebrated in Mexico. Mexico got freedom from Spain in 1810 and I was lucky enough to be there for the anniversary of their Independence celebrations. Catholic priest Hidalgo made the first call to arms in the village of Dolores, in the state of Guanajuato. The Indians were poorly equipped […]

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Cartagena, Columbia

Sir Francis Drake is a pirate! Our famous hero sacked Cartagena and was paid approximately US$200 million in today’s money to give the city back ( Bad boy). This is a fantastic city, hot and humid. On our first night we watched as the dancers twirled and they swirled and danced hot salsa with bare […]

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