Arles is a small and quiet city in southern France, located in the heart of Provence. Founded in the sixth century BCE by the Greeks, therefore has more than 2500 years of history, but it was during the Roman Empire when Arelate assumed the status of really important city, becoming capital of the province Gallia Narbonensis. And although few centuries have passed since he lost that status, Arles still shows part of the power that treasured by then, and remains the capital of the vast region of the Camargue.

Photograph by Wolfgang Staudt

Roman ruins in Arles:

Arelate Roman city was completely encircled by walls and consisted of an area of99 acres and had several architectural monuments like the amphitheater, triumphal arch, the circus and the Roman theater. You can also visit the remains of the baths of Constantine III. In antiquity Arles was located closer to the sea and served as a major port in the Mediterranean. Many of these Roman remains have survived to this day. (más…)

If you’re planning a vacation this summer stick, and would like something more exotic than Marbella and Alicante but you have no budget for the Caribbean, I offer a different option, Croatia. Still quite unknown to mass tourism, little by little, this place is becoming a big outdoor environment, in all there are not many tourists, but of course depends on where you go, in terms of price (it’s all super- cheap) and has a nature and so many places that man has not touched yet.

Photography by Gruenemann

Some previous advice:

If you go to the website of the airline Ryanair, have a look, you may find very cheap flights but try to avoid returning to the line of Easyjet, because it is a bit more expensive, good clear it if you have a limited budget. (más…)

Path to Silicon Valley Part II

In the previous post we talked about the route through the Silicon Valley. Today we explain the origin of Silicon Valley and visits to historic HP garage at the Googleplex in Mountain View and Stanford, among many other things has been the breeding ground of most technology companies now occupy the entire the Silicon Valley.

Photography by Franco Folini

In this post we will find out where the garage where Apple and Facebook was created.

Garage of Steve Jobs: (más…)

Silicon Valley is a place that is not a valley; this is located in the southern San Francisco Bay, California, western United States. It is known in Silicon Valley by the large number of companies that still manufacture silicon chips used in the manufacture of electronic devices. Currently, the Silicon Valley is one of the regions that have more technology companies in the world, such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Yahoo among many others.

Photography by Revolweb

In the Silicon Valley are people like Palo Alto (where Stanford University), San Jose, Mountain View, Cupertino (famous for having the headquarters of Apple) or Menlo Park, among many other municipalities. (más…)

The Arles Roman Amphitheatre is the world’s largest, best preserved and which has reached our days. Nor was the largest in the Roman Empire. And yet it is one of the amphitheaters that impressed me most.

Photography by Andy Hay

The Arles Roman Amphitheatre was built in 90 AD on the north side of the old Roman colony of Arelate thriving in full Provence, and was part of a general plan of expansion and embellishment of the villa. At the time, rivaled in importance Arelate Massilia (Marseille) as a major Roman colony in southern France, and for a time was even more prosperous and important than this, since Arles sided with Julius Caesar, the conqueror of War Civilian Roman Republic while Marseille did with his rival Pompey, and hence suffered the consequences. (más…)

The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City has one of the archaeological and ethnographic collections biggest and most spectacular in the world. Without a doubt one of the best museums I’ve visited in my life. This museum opened in 1968 is considered one of the best anthropology museums in the world that has 23 rooms depicting American cultures that have existed in Mesoamerica in pre-Columbian era. From prehistory to the period of the most famous Mexica civilizations that have flourished in the Gulf of Mexico have been the Teotihuacan, Maya and Toltec

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Some of the most outstanding works in the Museum of Anthropology are Sunstone, an Olmec head that was found in the jungles of Tabasco and Veracruz, and many treasures recovered from the Mayan civilization, such as remains found in the Sacred Cenote Chichen Itza and a replica of the sarcophagus of the tomb of Pacal the Great of Palenque. There is also a room devoted to what was the ancient capital of the Aztecs in Mexico, Tenochtitlan, present-day Mexico City and how the Aztecs lived in it before the Spanish invasion. (más…)

Diarrhea is one of the most common problems we have when we travel. The only way to avoid this disease is to be very careful what he eats or drinks that are usually the cause of gastrointestinal dysfunction. Silvia and a few years ago told us how to prevent diarrhea, but in Mexico where there is also met Montezuma’s Revenge and new remedies to improve my situation and that to this day it has worked quite well.

Photography by IMA Neuquen

Some of the recommendations to prevent diarrhea are:

Do not drink tap water or sources. As a general rule, try to drink bottled water to reduce the risk of intestinal problems. (más…)