Tag Archive: ruins

Visiting the Tulum Ruins

I recently realized that for some odd reason I’ve missed writing about a lot of places in Latin America. Since I saw a photo from the Tulum ruins while I was looking through some of my pictures, I decided to start there. And because I also get a lot of questions about this city. Tulum …

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Visiting The Red One–La Alhambra

One of the big reasons people come to the beautiful city of Granada in southern Spain is to visit La Alhambra.  We had originally come here just because it was highly recommended by a couple of cyber friends who lived in Spain, as well as some other bloggers.  Thankfully, these same people were kind enough …

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Seat of the 2012 Apocalypse–Chichen Itza

During the last couple of years, there has been a lot of hype over the supposed upcoming apocalypse coming to a winter solstice near you.  If you’ve somehow managed to miss hearing about this dreaded event based on the Mayan calendar, check this out to get caught up to speed. One of the most famous …

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A Joining of Civilizations–Ecuador’s Only Inca Ruins

Ruins at Cojitambo

While living in Cuenca, Ecuador, we heard about the only Incan ruins in Ecuador.  I love visiting ruins, and these are a bit unique, so I couldn’t resist.  A local Spanish teacher was taking a group of people on a day trip that sounded wonderful, and we decided to join her and a handful of …

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Sexy Woman and Guinea Pigs

The Spanish built right over the site

Note : This is part 3 of a multipart series about Peru. I’m quite positive this title is going to get me a lot more spam and bots, but I couldn’t resist. Before we head to Saqsaywaman (pronounced similar to “sexy woman”), I realized I forgot to mention a possibly little-known fact about Peru:  They …

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