TheCulturoCity
Traveling with culturosity. The desire to learn about and engage with other cultures.
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Welcome to my PhotoBlog TheCulturoCity about Traveling, People, Cultures. I am: Marina, Toronto, Canada. I love this city that represents so many cultures. The world in one city. What is TheCulturoCity about? This blog is about my travels, about cultures and people. I love diversity, different cultures, food, music, dances, art, languages and everything that defines culture. My biggest passions: Traveling That is something I do whenever I have chance. It is not… Read More
Embracing The World Gallery
Cabo Polonio is a small, little fishing village tucked away in Rocha National Park of Uruguay. It is one of Uruguay’s hidden gems without electricity, running water and internet, but with an endless power of nature, ocean, freedom, friendliest people, with landscapes that are astonishing. If you want to do something really different when in Uruguay and get away from it all. Go to Cabo Polonio! Cabo Polonio is an amazing place to just stop… Read More
Cuicocha is a crater lake, 10-15 minutes drive outside of the famous leather village of Cotacachi, Ecuador, which is a pretty interesting place to stop by and discover in deep. Here are a few pictures of the town: This crater lake is located at the foot of Volcano Cotacachi. It has a diameter of around 3 kms, and is 300m deep on its higher part. It used to be a volcano and was… Read More
I was in Latacunga at the end of September and it happened to fall on La Mama Negra festival weekend. The Festival of La Mama Negra/La Fiesta de la Mama Negra takes place twice a year in Latacunga, the town in Ecuador, at the end of September and again in November. It is a beautiful and colorful cultural festival that embraces the traditions and cultures of the local inhabitants’ origins – Spanish, Aymaran, Incan, Mayan and… Read More
I couldn’t miss a chance to be close to beauty of this mountain when I was in Ecuador, so I hiked to the glacier and here is my little photo report. Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes about 50 km south of Quito. It is the second highest summit in the country after Chimborazo which is currently inactive, reaching a height of 5,897 m. Cotopaxi, one of Ecuador’s most active volcanoes, has produced more than 50… Read More
Ecological miracle. That is an expression that comes to my mind when I think about Ecuador. The republic of Ecuador is located to the northwest of South America occupying an extension of 256.370 square kilometers. Its name derives from its position on the equator line and it is bordered to the north by Colombia, south and east by Peru and to the west lays the Pacific Ocean. Ecuador is divided in four… Read More
One of “must do” local hikes if you are in Vancouver is Mount Gardner. Mount Gardner is the highest point on Bowen Island and it provides scenic views of Howe Sound, Burrard Inlet, West Vancouver, and the Sunshine Coast. That was a beautiful hike in the sunshine that has started from the ferry terminal on Bowen Island with a nice warm-up walk through Crippen Regional Park along Killarney Lake. Seen on the trail:… Read More
One of my favorite hiking trails in Vancouver with astonishing views is Mount Brunswick. Quick facts: Round trip: 15 km Elevation gain:1550 m Average grade: 21,4% High point: 1790 m Brunswick Mountain is located in Cypress Provincial Park just above West Vancouver. Cypress Provincial Park is a beautiful park on the eastern shore of Howe Sound, a coastal fjord, and it is a popular place for outdoor enthusiasts who love mountain skiing, cross country skiing… Read More
It was a beautiful day for hike, so that is what I and my friends did. This time we hiked to Eagle Peak, sometimes called Mount Beautiful, is the true summit of Eagle Ridge, the long north-south ridge to the east of Buntzen Lake near Coquitlam, British Columbia. Mt. Beautiful (Eagle Peak) gives you a panoramic view of Mt. Baker, Vancouver Island, the Fraser Valley, Coquitlam watershed, Mt. Seymour Park, Indian Arm… Read More
The Okanagan Valley is a British Columbia’s premier wine region. I love wine and in this blogpost I would like to share my wine experience in this area of British Columbia. There are literally thousands of grape varieties in the world, the ones that most commonly found on the Canadian market are Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Grenache, Merlot, Nebbiolo, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Syrah… Read More
My recent road trip was to beautiful, as pretty much everything in British Columbia, place called Ktlil’x Spotted Lake and the only living desert in Canada – Osoyoos. Spotted Lake is a saline endorheic alkali lake located near the town of Osoyoos in British Columbia, Canada. It is also called Ktlil’x by the First Nations and is a sacred medicine lake for the Okanagan (Syilx) people. From time immemorial its healing waters and mud… Read More
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