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Barranco is Spanish for ravine which aptly describes the cliff-top area with walkway cut through the rock to the sea Barranco is one of...

Here is the video I promised. Lavanson & I spent about 8 days total in Miraflores so we were out a lot, and there is so much that I have...

My first impressions of Lima Having never been to Lima or Peru before, I had no preconceived idea about whether I would like the place or...

As I have mentioned in previous posts, we are ALWAYS on the look out for exciting places to visit, and if we happen to find one we like -...

We're Back!! Fourteen Days and Fourteen People -- Traveling up and down Peru to visit cities, towns, villages, back roads and the many...

Once we started talking to other people in the area and we realized that NOTHING was going to be done about what happened to us, I got a...

It has taken me a while to write this post because I wasn't really sure about what approach to take. Before we moved here I did years of...

In previous posts I talked about furniture shopping in Sarchi, which is the center of quality handcrafted Costa Rican furniture. We...

Before we moved to Costa Rica, we began preparing to learn Spanish. Although, you can get by here (at least in most of the bigger cities)...

My friend Caroline, who relocated to Mérida Mx from Nicaragua, has started a group in Mérida called the Black Mexpat Community. "When...

Although, we are currently residing in Costa Rica, our plan was always to keep our eyes and our options open and according to...