Inca Echoes While Buenos Aires embraces its Italo-Spanish identity and gaucho legends of taming vast wildernesses, this narrative fades in the north. Stroll through vibrant cities like Posadas, Resistencia, and Jujuy—major urban centers where indigenous heritage shines through in daily life and traditions. The Andean Northwest A world apart from the capitals hustle, this region lies a thousand miles northwest in Jujuy, where the Andes shape every aspect of life. Traditional ñoquis and steaks yie
You know how there’s always a place close by that you’ve never been to? A place so close that that it’s embarrassing to tell people you’ve never been there? For me, this place is Winthrop. In the 10 years that I’ve lived in Washington, I have never been to Okanogan County. I had heard about the epic drive and the “Western” town that is Winthrop and have always wanted to go and experience it for myself, this last August, Visit Seattle sent me on an excursion to do just that. Located about 4 h
As the familiar pips at the start of my Skype call fade, they are replaced by the cheery, gravelled voice of Gavin McClurg, energetic to the point of booming. The American is on good form, despite recovering from a dislocated shoulder. We dwell on the obvious irony that after surviving his most epic adventure yet – the one we are due to talk about – he injured himself in a relatively innocuous mountain-bike accident. Gavin seems to have a different mindset to most of the population. He gets
