Places – Page 7 – The Travelin' Gringo

Friday photos: A visit to Whistler, BC Canada – Site of the 2010 Winter Olympics and land of the Whistle Pig

[Whistler, British Columbia, Canada] — For a town named for a mountain varmint, Whistler sure is a pretty place. Originally[…]

[Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Xcaret is kind of like Disneyland, if Disneyland were a pre-Hispanic theme park. But instead of[…]

[Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — It had been raining off and on throughout the day, but right around sunset,[…]

[Whistler, BC Canada] — Canada, like the U.S., has a rich history of indigenous peoples. Among the three primary groups[…]

[Hell’s Gate, BC, Canada] — It’s really hard for me to pass up a place that’s been referred to as[…]

[Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Here on the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, an hour from Playa del Carmen[…]

Sunsets — and sunrises — can be beautiful wherever you are. But I’ve always been partial to the ones in[…]

[Clinton, TN] — John Rice Irwin was (and presumably, at 80+ years old, still is) a mountain man. Growing up[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — The words “urban” and “wilderness” aren’t often used together in the same sentence. But at the Ijams[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — When you think of Tennessee, you might not immediately think of brewing beer or making wine. If[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of the Knoxville World’s Fair. “Energy in Motion” was the exposition’s theme,[…]

[Oak Ridge, TN] — In an era of instantaneous information, it’s difficult to imagine the U.S. government being able to[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — It’s the ultimate Southern comfort food (well, besides Jack Daniel’s — I’m pretty sure whiskey is a[…]

[Louisville, KY] — At the Muhammad Ali Center, context is everything. If you come here expecting simply a boxing museum,[…]

[Lafayette, LA] — Louisiana’s state HOG rally (April 19-21 in Lafayette, LA) marked the start of a busy rally season[…]