By Terra Liddil Shops stocked with beautiful handicrafts made by local artists line the main streets of Tulum Mexico. You can spend hours wandering through tiendas (shops) searching for that unique gift item to take home. There are also plenty of synthetic, artificial, and machine-made look-alikes. If you don’t know what to look for, you may end up with a collection of … [Read more...] about Treasure Shopping in Tulum
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REI Denver — Not Your Typical Tourist Destination
By Kim Hartmann ITWPA Member “Do you want to come down now?” a voice asks from below. A little girl about four years old clings to the side of a 48-foot-high boulder. Her hands are gripping the tiny rock protrusions overhead, her feet braced on rock formations below. In her pint-sized climbing shoes, tiny red shorts, and a miniature climbing harness she is the youngest … [Read more...] about REI Denver — Not Your Typical Tourist Destination
Beyond Paprika: Discover the Cuisine of Hungary in the Budapest Central Market Hall
By Catherine Fancher ITWPA Member As you enter the cavernous space, a checkerboard of light streams in through banks of high windows. The air within the steel-framed interior vibrates with the hurried hum of unfamiliar languages. Standing beneath soaring beams and archways, you almost believe that you’ve wandered onto a train platform. Then you smell the bread. You’re … [Read more...] about Beyond Paprika: Discover the Cuisine of Hungary in the Budapest Central Market Hall
From the Source: Moroccan Leather
By Marsha Rexford ITWPA Member The bunch of mint thrust into my hands on arrival was welcome. You smell the tannery buried within the ancient medina of Fes before you see it. It is the oldest tannery in existence, dating from the 11th century, and little has changed in its operation over the years. Many travelers love to shop for locally crafted articles at their far-flung … [Read more...] about From the Source: Moroccan Leather