Vietnam Travel Guide

Vietnam: The Beautiful Asian Dragon Filled With Vivid Colors and a Rich History

Vietnam is a country of dramatic coastlines, vivid landscapes, intense colors and an intriguing history. A Vietnam Tavel Guide will help you experience this place of bountiful harvests, breathtaking mountains, and divine cuisine. Nature has bestowed a coat of many colors on this beautiful world of rice fields, rice harvesters, and country paths where children still ride buffalos, and peasant women still scratch out a meager living in the traditional way.

Thailand Travel Guide

Thailand: Land of the King of Siam

Sitting in the heart of Southeast Asia, boarded by Laos and Burma to the north, Cambodia and Laos to the east, Malaysia and the Gulf of Thailand to the south, and the Andaman Sea to the west, Thailand is the 50th largest country in the world. Sixty four million people lived in this predominantly Buddhist country, which was called Siam until 1939. Thailand is still ruled by a king; in fact the present King is the longest reigning heading of state and monarch in Thailand’s history.

Peru Travel Guide

Peru: Land of the Incas, the Amazon, the Andes, and the Alpaca

Peru’s history goes back twelve thousand years. Ancient cultures flourished along the Pacific Coast of Peru for centuries, but the Spanish arrived in 1522 and found the Incas. The Incas were an agricultural society that relied on farming and fishing for food, and used a reciprocity and redistribution system to trade with each other. Money didn’t exist in the Inca world. Peru was a loyal Spanish possession through the 18th century, but when silver mining production decreased, and the economy became more diverse, the end of Spanish control was eminent. In 1821 Peru declared their independence from Spain.

Cuba Travel Guide

Cuba: The Land of Bongos, Dominoes and Chunky Montecristos

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The appeal of Cuba is intoxicating. Defying logic and carving their own niche in the world, the 11 million inhabitants of this island nation march to a different drummer. The four hundred years of Spanish rule has certainly left this island country with unique customs, and its coffee, sugar and tobacco interests, as well as its beaches, have made it one of the most visited island nations in the Caribbean.

Costa Rica Travel Guide

Costa Rica: The Rich Coast in the heart on Central America

When Christopher Columbus and his crew dropped anchor into the water off the coast of Costa Rica in 1502, no one knew what to expect, but they found a jungle paradise inhabited by the descendants of a Mesoamerican, as well as South American culture. During the 16th century the largest city in Central America was Guatemala City and Costa Rica was quite a distance from that hub, so the country was left to develop in relative isolation.