Mid-week during my sister and aunt’s visit to Puerto Rico, we decided to do a walking tour of San Juan with Castillo Tours. Our driver and guide, Hector, picked us up at home and drove us on the scenic beach road and we arrived in Old San Juan half an hour later. First stop was …
Half a year after moving to Puerto Rico, I finally decided to check out the Plaza del Mercado in Santurce. Built in 1910, the market used to have two floors with the ground floor used for offices and ticket sellers and the upper floor for vendors of produce and butchers. In later years, the second floor …
We arrived close to midnight on the first of September at Beijing airport. First impressions were good – the airport was modern and clearing immigration was quick. We set off for the city, a 45-minute drive to the center where we whizzed through check-in at the Ritz-Carlton Beijing Financial Street and into our Executive Suite for …
Another Bangkok spot worth visiting is the former residence of American, Jim Thompson, who revived the Thai silk industry with his designs and textile coloring. Born in 1906, from Greenville, Delaware, Jim Thompson joined the US army and moved permanently to Bangkok at the end of World War II. He built his home out …
Riding in a tuktuk in Bangkok’s traffic-clogged roads On our first day in Bangkok, we set off right after breakfast and took a taxi straight to the Grand Palace. After a half hour ride, we were dropped off in front of the main entrance and were about to queue up for tickets when we were …
Although it’s summertime in Buenos Aires, it had been raining for the last few days and there was even a sudden rainstorm on Saturday afternoon that left many, including ourselves, stranded without umbrellas and reluctant to face the flooded streets. Monday was the first clear day so I took my sister and everyone else to …
If there’s one thing that Argentines are crazy about aside from asado, it’s football and the one team that Porteños fanatically support, it’s the Club Atletico Boca Juniors. My husband is a Boca Juniors fan and so is his older brother who even has a box at Boca Juniors home stadium La Bombonera . La …
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