Apr 14th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
It's appropriate that this cable car in Montserrat, Spain leads to a monastery, because I'd be praying the whole ride that we made it safely. Perhaps other visitors are less height-adverse because this is one of the most important religious sites in Spain, with many people making the trek each year up the mountain to pray at the sanctuary. It's not just for pilgrims: Santa Maria de Montserrat ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo of the day - monastery in the mountains
Apr 14th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
It's appropriate that this cable car in Montserrat, Spain leads to a monastery, because I'd be praying the whole ride that we made it safely. Perhaps other visitors are less height-adverse because this is one of the most important religious sites in Spain, with many people making the trek each year up the mountain to pray at the sanctuary. It's not just for pilgrims: Santa Maria de Montserrat ...Ten budget-friendly Caribbean destinations
Nov 22nd, 2010 at 11:30AM:
If you get all your information about the Caribbean from travel magazines, you might find yourself convinced that a night's stay in the region will set you back somewhere in the neighborhood of $500. The Caribbean's super posh reputation has its roots in the region's tourism history; until relatively recently, tourism in the Caribbean was largely restricted to the very rich. And as one might ...Dome of Montserrat's Soufriere Hills Volcano Collapses
May 21st, 2006 at 12:30PM: Yesterday, on our way back to Trinidad from Miami, my friend Joanna and I were astonished to hear the pilot of our airplane say the following over the intercom: "Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to take a bit of a scenic route to Trinidad today -- instead of our normal route, we're going to head towards Haiti, and then towards Aruba and Bonaire and follow the north coast of Venezuela into ...
