Tired, sweaty, drowsy, facing the steep slope of the Via Sacra, which runs along the wall of the Convent of San Paio Antealtares. Raise our view. There it is! Our goal, the magic moment for which we have struggled in recent days. Quite a few days walking, the foot injury, the body slumped in the marches exhausting. But at last our eyes are closed the culmination of our dream: the Cathedral, the epilogue of our Camino de Santiago. Read the rest of this entry »

Teotihuacan Anabella Squiripa 4 is the largest city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture. It is located in the homonymous valley, which forms part of the Basin of Mexico, about 40 km northeast of Mexico City. Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the ceremonial center is one of the most important through their monumental architecture, master planning and its strong religious and political influence exerted on the cultures before. Read the rest of this entry »

Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam share a history as old as the recent wars and French colonial influences, but the Mekong River, which joins and separates them in many places geographically, and that runs through much of Laos’s border with Myanmar, the former Burma, and Thailand, followed by Cambodia and Vietnam to lead the South China Sea. Can you imagine a little cruise down the river?. Read the rest of this entry »

Maybe this city is a perfect unknown, but possibly we have the oldest city in the world. Byblos, located 45 minutes north of Beirut in Lebanon. Witness almost every era of human has seen the people of the Stone Age, the Phoenicians, the Amorites, Hittites, Egyptians, Persians, Macedonians, Greeks, Romans, Turks and French. Byblos was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984. Read the rest of this entry »

Walking around is like touring Kyoto eleven centuries of history of Japan. In its day it was the seat of the imperial court as well as an important religious and artistic center. In fact, the Japanese theater and dance reached its height during the Muromachi period (1334-1568) in Kyoto. Come visit and learn something more of this spectacular city in Japan. Read the rest of this entry »