Home to around 100,000 people and located 1.5 hours away from Paro airport, Thimphu is Bhutan’s capital but still retains a small-town feel. The city embodies the compromise between tradition and development that the Kingdom has embraced. Here, mobile phones and social media coexist with prayer wheels, traditional clothing and Bhutanese architecture. Visitors have numerous […]
San Miguel de Allende: A buzzing Mexican colonial town
What attracts so many foreign retirees and visitors to this small colonial Mexican town? San Miguel does not boast enormous historical sights, but it is a sight in itself with its quaint streets framed with colourful old architecture and year-round perfect weather. Although sometimes referred to as Mexican Disneyland due to its fairy-tale feel, the […]
The endless streets of Mexico City
With more than 20 million people, Mexico City is the largest city in the Western hemisphere. Arriving by air gives you a sense of just how endless the city really is. Daunting as it may seem, it has become one of the top locations for travelers seeking a unique blend of historical and modern architecture, […]
Visiting Dili, where all started with an ancient crocodile
Dili may feel like a sleepy city – more of a lazy stopover than a destination of its own – but the capital of the small country of Timor-Leste is actually an up-and-coming city that’s reinventing itself with flashy new shops and plenty of restaurants with fantastic ocean views. The Cristo Rei statue Anyone who […]
