A large chunk of Guatemala's tourism revenue comes from teaching Spanish to travellers. It's not like it's the only Spanish-speaking country on the continent, but a number of factors make it a number one choice. To start with, the Gutemaltekas speak slowly and clearly. Anyone who has been to Cuba will appreciate the importance of this - you aren't going to learn Spanish if you don't understand a single word muttered through lazy lips at … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2007
America’s Cup 2007 in Valencia
An article is due on the practicalities of attending the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia, which will draw huge international crowds this summer of 2007. Here is the vital info and insider tips. All of the action will take place in the America's Cup Port, a magnificently designed complex built specifically for this occasion by the local government of Valencia. The central ultre-modern Veles I Vents building, a sort of command tower for the press … [Read more...]
Chicago Tourism: National Tourism Foundation
Chicago is located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. The city has the honor of being the major center of transportation, industry, politics, culture, finance, medicine and higher education. The "Second City," the "Windy City," "Chi-town," and the "City of the Big Shoulders" are the informal names of Chicago. Chicago, like much of the Midwest, has a climate with a wide range of weather conditions. The city experiences four … [Read more...]
Isleton Crawdad Cajun & Blues Festival California – May 2007
Isleton Crawdad Cajun & Blues Festival California - The Crawdad Festival, an annual event held since 1986, is a real party! This is the largest single event consumption of crawdads outside of the godfather state of Crawfish, which of course is Louisiana. Literally tens of thousands of people converge on this very small town which has a population of under 1000 people (California's Delta Region - east of the San Francisco Bay Area). Over 24,000 … [Read more...]
Dave’s Travel Corner, Spring 2007 Newsletter
Dear Traveler, Travel is our passion! We are a Travel Content provider and this is our newsletter. Read on to discover what is new at our site. Our visitor and page view count is growing every month - last month we had over 345,000 visitors to the site and we reached 1 million page views! We have a solid page rank with Google and our content shows up in many search engines. The weather channel used a few of our photos in a recent … [Read more...]