The World’s Best Street Food by Tom Parker Bowles Ever wondered how you could get hold of a recipe for your favorite dessert street food that perhaps you sampled at some random market in New Delhi? Or perhaps that Ceviche you enjoyed on the streets of Lima Peru? This book contains 100 recipes written by food writers located around the world. The foods are simply organized into two sections in this book; savory and sweet. Recipes are not dominated from one country rather street food recipes are well represented from […]

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The ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents) 2011 Conference, held in Puerto Rico, was attended by more than 700 travel agents from around the world. The honorable Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis G. Fortuno, gave the opening remarks. This four day conference focused on the Caribbean region and included a number of tourism talks relating to specific countries as well as additional tools for selling niche trips. Recently we had the opportunity to sit down with Tony Gonchar, CEO of ASTA, Chris Russo President & Chairman of ASTA, Daphne Barbeito, […]

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In general, this article is about problematic taxi drivers. It is really hard to put a percentage on the “bad” taxi drivers I’ve used on trips around the world as each country is different and it is these “bad” drivers who really stand out in your mind. If I had to choose a number, I would say maybe 30-40 percent of the taxi drivers I’ve used around the world have tried to pull something shady on me. In the same grain, there are many taxi drivers I have used around […]

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Tarboush, Comida Arabe Lima Peru – Tarboush serves Arabic food and is a wonderful eatery located in the heart of the Miraflores district across from Kennedy Park in Lima. The owner is from Palestine and cooks authentic Middle Eastern food. Glance around the walls inside the restaurant; you will see photos from a variety of middle Eastern countries including but not limited to Jordan, Palestine, and Jerusalem. This restaurant has sidewalk dining enclosed by a small fence; this is a great place to people watch the people of Lima as […]

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