Up high in Bologna

A classic case of mine-is-bigger-than-yours syndrome, 12th-century Bologna went under a massive building boom. Towers, the taller the better, were in vogue. Nearly 180 towers sprouted throughout the city, mostly built by the well-to-do.
(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)

Tango in Buenos Aires

02.07.2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Care to dance? We hit up a milonga (dance parlor) where late owls dance the tango until three in the morning.

A shave and a haircut

01.08.2008 | Puebla, Mexico
After more than a week on the road, the grizzled look has got to go. A visit to the peluqueria (barber shop) is in order.

The rainforests of Costa Rica

01.30.2008 | San Jose, Costa Rica
At long last we made it to the rain forest just a half hour outside of San Jose, Costa Rica.
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