vacation: Mexico's Ancient Ruins: Uncover Beauty and Mystery at the Mayan Ruins
- 06/10/11 05:10 AM
reprinted from the Travel Channel.com Mexico's Ancient Ruins Uncover Beauty and Mystery at the Mayan Ruins by Jennifer Plum Auvil No trip to Mexico is complete without a walk deep down memory lane into the country’s past. Mexico is filled with well-restored archaeological masterpieces that offer a glimpse of what life was like thousands of years ago. These ancient ruins are scattered throughout the country including towering Mayan pyramids in the Yucatan peninsula and the elaborate ancient city just outside of modern Mexico City. Here’s our selection of Mexico’s best ancient ruins broken down by region. Quintana Roo Tulum is one … (1 comments)
vacation: House Swap: How to Trade Up Rent-Free Overseas
- 05/24/11 04:56 PM
This seems like a great idea to me. You would be able to see what it is like to live in different parts of the world without actually selling your current home or having to pay moving costs. Now where in the world would you want to house swap first? Decisions, decisions, decisions… from International LivingBy Darius Fisher Imagine you could live abroad rent-free…no hotels, no guesthouses…your own home for a week, a month or more. Where would you go? We picked Amsterdam, swapping our house just north of New York City for a four-story canal-side home in Jordaan, the hippest … (2 comments)
vacation: Top Ten Wild Places to Hike (Before You Die)
- 05/15/11 02:46 AM
Here's another "bucket list". This one is from the Sierra Club. Sierra Club Grand Canyon Backpacking the Grand Canyon's South Rim, Arizona. Photo by Tony Fuentes Which of the world's wild places should every hiker try to experience at least once in their lifetime? Here's our unofficial "bucket list" of not-to-be-missed favorites in Alaska, Hawaii, the Lower 48, and beyond. Click on each destination to read more about a Sierra Club trip that's headed there soon. Want to know where we're headed in the future? Sign up for our Explorer newsletter for monthly roundups of the very best new and featured … (2 comments)
vacation: 6 Reasons Why You Should Buy This Piece of Caribbean Coast
- 05/01/11 05:20 AM
I came across this article the other day in International Living and it does give an accurate overview of the investment opportunities in the Yucatan Peninsula. I have several clients that are taking advantage of this great opportunity & I hope to do so too in the next year. Hopefully, I will have my photos of the Riviera Maya including Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Cancun posted soon. 6 Reasons Why You Should Buy This Piece of Caribbean CoastBy Ronan McMahon Regular readers will know how bullish I am on the real estate market in Tulum (located at the southern tip of Mexico's Riviera … (3 comments)
Mexico's Yucatan state is a tropical paradise and a paradise for history and archeology buffs... but a retirement paradise for U.S. Baby Boomers? Developing Yucatan into a Mecca for Americans 50 year of age and older was the action plan being discussed at a meeting of government officials, local entrepreneurs, and international consultants held in Merida, Yucatan, on Wednesday April 7 titled "Adults Over 50 - The Housing, Attention and Service Industry." Coordinated by the Governor's Office of Finance and Development, the meeting brought together movers and shakers from around the state and the … (1 comments)
vacation: Irish Castle Vacations on the Cheap
- 03/17/11 04:51 PM
Shoot! Maybe I should have celebrated St Patrick's Day in Ireland. This sounds so cool. And then I could finally find my knight in shining armor, too.The following article was written by Steenie Harvey for International Living Bare trees, a spectral moon behind scurrying clouds, mist skeins rising above Lough Meelagh. It's a winter night for comforts: a blazing fire, fine food, hot whiskeys... If you fantasize about enjoying such comforts in an historic castle, now's the time to visit Ireland. Thanks to the recession, rates for heritage properties have plummeted. My own Irish cottage is severely lacking in crystal chandeliers and suits of … (2 comments)
reprinted from the Travel Channel.com Mexico's Ancient Ruins Uncover Beauty and Mystery at the Mayan Ruins by Jennifer Plum Auvil
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