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Six months is just the right period of time for almost everything. A few weeks are not enough. One year is too much. Six months is a proper break from routine, the perfect duration for a trip, the necessary amount of time to get over something or someone...

Thanks to Ron Mader, currently in Quito for the seminar Mix Turismo y Web 2.0 who posted links to this video. I absolutely loved it and wanted to share it with you all… I am ready for a journey there!

The news about a few Tulum resorts being closed down by Mexico’s Environmental Department, with a few more under investigation, created a local uproar of indignation...

Here we are again, more news about dolphins waiting in sea pens to be exported to marine amusement parks, some of them even labeled as ‘eco’!...

In my Mexico News feed I found something I would like to share with you...

Now think: fresh water supply, sewage, mangroves destruction, helicopters… Happy holiday!!!!

Most travellers ask me about what to bring when they go on tour, and some of them are concerned about taking something to leave at destination, especially if they are visiting a local community, or if they have chosen a homestay formula...

gloCaltravel has been shortlisted for the 2008 Travelmole UK Web Awards as Best Responsible Tourism site This is great news, and is giving us a boost of energy while we are working to expand our catalogue to include other countries in Central America, and in translating our portal dedicated to...

A few weeks ago we donated this photo of a mural in the Cafe Museo Cafe in San Cristobal, Chiapas, to YES...

Just a quick note to inform the gloCatravellers about our gloCal page on Facebook… We invite all people who have contacted us for suggestions, sent feedback about the site, booked a holiday with us, or who just share our views in displaying a link to us on their profile, by clicking on ‘Become...

Nominations are open for the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2008, founded and organised by responsibletravel.com with UK media partners Telegraph Travel and Geographical Magazine, and World Travel Market, hosting the Awards ceremony in November 2008 in London...

A few weeks ago I read on Travelmole Newswire about the Turks and Caicos islands (an archipelago of 40 islands and cayes located 914 kilometres from Miami southeast of the Bahamas), giving the Caribbean region its “first green island” as part of the government’s sustainable tourism program...

Pachico Mayoral was featured on NBC Nightly News on March 21 2008. The Mayoral family are amongst the pioneers of whale watching in the whole Baja Peninsula and started running whale trips in the San Ignacio lagoon in the the mid/early-seventies...

It has been a long time since our last post, as it is not easy running a business and keeping up with everything while travelling, especially with the sometimes precarious Internet connections and most of our time spent on the road...

One of the best experiences of my last stay in Chiapas has been the tour to the communities of Naha and Metzabok, both located in the Lacandon jungle, about 3 hours from Palenque...