Oaxaca Photos
Known for its outstanding gastronomy, beaches, mezcal (a cousin of tequila), well-preserved culture, Oaxaca province is one of Mexico's most rewarding destinations. ...
07 March, 2020 No commentSpain is a very affordable country to visit. Other than Portugal, I found Spain to be the most affordable country to visit in western Europe.
The Spanish financial crisis (also known as the Great Spanish Depression), that began in 2008 and continues to this today, has hit the Spanish hard. At the peak of the Depression, almost a third of Spaniards were unemployed.
One of the ways in which the country has tried to recover is by relying on tourism, its 3rd largest economic sector.
The result has been a win-win situation for both the tourist and the Spanish.
As locals compete for the lucrative tourist dollars, there are plenty of affordable hotels, bodegas, restaurants, etc., on the offer. No surprise then that visitors have flocked to Spain in droves, making it the 3rd most visited country in the world last year (and on its way to becoming the second most visited). For the Spanish, the tourists are welcomed because frankly, millions of livelihoods depend on it.
Without tourism, effects of the Great Spanish Depression would have been far more devastating.
Surprisingly, Rwanda is pleasant all year round. Temperatures vary only little throughout the year due to its geographical position, just south of the Equator. So the good news is that you can visit Rwanda any time of the year!
Population: 12 million
1) Buy the Japan Rail Pass online at https://www.japan-rail-pass.com. You can get a 7-day, 14-day or 21-day pass. You must buy it before arriving in Japan.
1) From February 2017, eVisa (getting a visa online) is available for select countries (this is the best option). See the link: https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/
As we descend 1,200 meters from Jerusalem through the wilderness of the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, we pass the Inn of the Good Samaritan and stop briefly at the “sea level” marker. In the distance we see Jericho, the oldest city in the world, perhaps due to its luxuriant oasis and its proximity to the Dead Sea, an ancient source of salt and we recall the conquest of Jericho by the Israelite tribes, led by Joshua, who had just crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land. (Josh 6).
As we drive along the Kidron Valley we have an excellent view of Mount Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations as well as of the monumental ancient Jewish burial tombs. We enter the Old City through the Zion Gate, passing the Armenian Quarter to the excavated Byzantine Cardo. Although this fifteen hundred year old main street of Jerusalem was partially destroyed and unused during the Moslem conquest it had a brief new lease of life during the Crusader period and the excavated Crusader shops are now modern stores.
Capital City: Jerusalem