El Salvador : land of the volcanoes and great surfing!
El Salvador COUNTRY ROLL No 55 : El Salvador, land of the volcanoes and of great surfing! Unfortunately, it is also a country beset over the years with numerous war and crime related issues which have tended to make tourists shy away. Stay tuned to BonVoyageurs.com for more Countries of the World as we…
COUNTRY ROLL No 32 : Canada, grande terre de mes aieux!
Canada. COUNTRY ROLL No 32 : Canada, grande terre de mes aieux, vast land of my forebears! The Gagnon family arrived in Quebec City in 1637, having been convinced by Robert Giffard, who was apothecary on Samuel de Champlain’s ship, to sign up for a new life in what was then called Nouvelle France, later…
Strangers in Paradise … Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan Imagine a paradise for salmon fishing … thousands of pink salmon running upstream through miles of fresh creek water which flows into their spawning grounds in Margaret Lake. The creek runs through Tongass National Forest, the largest forest in the U.S. which happens to cover most of southeast Alaska, and is just…
Equatorial Guinea : Per capita, the richest country in Africa!
Guinea COUNTRY ROLL No 56 : Equatorial Guinea, the richest country in Africa, per capita, thanks to its oil! Unfortunately, the vast majority of the population of Equatorial Guinea lives in abject poverty. And the country consistently ranks as the “worst of the worst” in the whole world when it comes to human rights. BonVoyageurs…