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…
The autonomous polity of Mount Athos!
Mount Athos. In 1960, Greek shipping magnate Yannis Carras, aboard his three-mast 58-meter schooner yacht Carita (later renamed Argonaftis), decided to cruise north to the Mount Athos peninsula of the Halkidiki region of Greece to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of the establishment of monasteries around Mount Athos, I am instinctively intrigued by any…
BEST of Aruba food : Keshi Yena !
BEST of Aruba food : Keshi Yena ! Read our previous posting: “Best of Armenia food: Harissa, aka Herisseh!” Keshi Yena, the national dish of Aruba, is a spicy mixture of chicken and peppers, capers, olives and tomatoes baked in a Gouda or Edam cheese “shell”. Can you really visit Aruba and not try this…
BEST of Cameroon food : Shrimp Ndole !
Shrimp Ndole. Since Cameroon comes from the Portuguese word for “shrimp river”, it is only fitting that our featured dish for the country be the shrimp Ndole, made from essentially from peanuts, shrimp, and vegetables. “Ndole is one of the national dishes of Cameroon. The Ndole is like the Cameroonian flag revered by her children…