Monthly Archives: January 2025

Can religion make you happy? Scientists may soon find out. Religious attendance is consistently correlated with higher levels of contentment and satisfaction. Here’s what the research into that connection has revealed. Religion brings many things to a person’s life, including … Continue reading →

Bolivia – March 17-23, 2025 Day 1 Mon Mar 17 BOLIVIA – SANTA CRUZ Fly March 17, 2025. Lima-La Paz- Santa Cruz, Boliviana Air @01:00-06:30. I slept on the first leg but couldn’t on the short one-hour leg to Santa … Continue reading →

BOLIVIA – LA PAZ LA PAZ Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars{ Mi Teleferico History, Culture, National and City Museums Ethnography Museum Museo costumbrista Juan de Vargas Art Museums: Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza House and Biographical Museums La Paz: Casa … Continue reading →

Peru Feb 20-March 10, 2025 Day 6 Fri/Sat Feb 21-22 PERU – PERUVIAN AMAZON (Loreto, San Martin) LETICIA, COLUMBIA TO IQUITOS, PERU BY BOAT I flew on Latam from Bogota to Leticia. There is very little information on these ferries … Continue reading →

PERU – CENTRAL COAST (Lima, Callao) Day 11 Sun Mar 10 I arrived at the Huancayo bus station at 20:30. ON Camelitas Express Bus Huancayo to Lima @ 21:30-06:00 +1. Sleeper seat. 70PEN. Supposedly a 10-hour trip, it turned into 18. … Continue reading →

Colombia Feb 15-20 2025 COLOMBIA – ANDES NORTHEAST (Bogota, Villavicencio, Bucaramanga, Cucuta, Tunja) Flight. Fri Feb 14 Viva Airbus AIFA – BOG 19:00-00:30+1 ON Lancaster House Suites. Jack Goldstein owns this hotel and invited me to stay for a few … Continue reading →

Mexico – Ciudad de México (Mexico City) Federal district Viajero CDMX hostel Tentative WHS: Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (20/11/2001) Urban Legends: Chinese Clock Bucareli Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Mexico City: Cablebús History, Culture, National and City Museums: National … Continue reading →

Day 6 Tue Feb 11 I drove from the Xochicalcao area to Tehuacan arriving about 18:30. ON Hotel Plaza Iberia, downtown Tehuacan. Day 7 Wed Feb 12 I left Tehuacan at 08:30 to drive south to the WHS.  TEHUACAN-CUICATLAN VALLEY original … Continue reading →

Day 5 Mon Feb 10 EARLIEST 16TH-CENTURY MONASTERIES on the SLOPES of POPOCATEPETL 15 parts in Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala and part of the evangelization and colonization of the northern territories of Mexico. They are good examples of the architectural … Continue reading →

Feb 6- 25 Mexico Wed Feb 5 Island Link – Departure Bay Ferry – Bus 257 – Canada Line – YVR Flight YVR-MEX AeroMexico @23:25-07:00+1. I had an aisle seat and didn’t sleep well. MEXICO – CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (Puebla, Tlaxcala) … Continue reading →