Blanca Valbuena

North America Travel

Travels in North America

Williamsburg Street Art

Williamsburg Street Art

I am not a fan of vandalism, graffiti included. Nothing aggravates me off more than idiots who scratch up Etruscan catacombs in Rome, Chinese tourists who scratchiti their names into Egyptian Tombs, American imbeciles who break fingers off 600-year-old sculptures, or feel they are entitled to touch artwork with their grubby disgusting fingers.  I’ve been …

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Bay Bridge Night time

San Francisco: Amazing food, architecture, tech, and lots of hobos

I have visited San Francisco three times and I still have ambivalent feelings about San Francisco. In one hand, San Francisco is gorgeous. What I love? Nob Hill: Walking through this neighborhood, you can automatically guess at the affluence of its residents. You can take a cable car to the top, or you can work on …

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Cabarete Dominican Republic: Kite Surfing, Spelunking, Sun Worship, & More

Antonio and I were still learning how to travel in 2007.  We knew we wanted to travel the world, and we already had a feeling that we were not huge fans of hotels, even “luxury” ones. This was our first attempt at renting a vacation property. We were bringing our mothers and knew we’d need …

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