Austin-Lehman Adventures has announced that Troy Glennon, its Latin America travel guru, has been named one of the world’s leading experts on Peru travel in Condé Nast Traveler’s 13th Annual Top Travel Specialists list for 2012. This is the first time that he has been named to this prestigious list. Condé Nast Traveler describes Glennon as “a former …
The Monarch butterfly, in addition to their great beauty, is known for its strength and longevity, because while other butterfly species have a life cycle of 24 days, the Monarch can live up to nine months. Taking advantage of these features, the Monarch butterfly is capable of traveling more than 4,000 kilometers (from Canada and the United …
The UNESCO Heritage Committee has elected the city of Rio de Janeiro as the first big city to receive the title of World Heritage Site in the Urban Landscape category. The decision was made at the Committee’s 36th session in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage – IPHAN – presented …