Author name: Cristina Daniels

Al Jazira Al Hamra was initially established as a fishing and pearl diving town in the 1830s. At the time, it housed approximately 200 people who mainly worked in pearl diving. The town was ruled by the Al Zaab tribe and kept about 25 fishing boats on the tidal island. By the turn of the

In 1910, a pair of brothers from Gerona, Spain arrived in Ecuador with a dream of creating a textile empire. They got their start in Ambato, but expanded their business to Atuntaqui in 1924. With the help of hardworking locals, their business grew. The people of the Atuntaqui region, and specifically the Otavalo Valley, were

At 50,000 square feet, Guptill’s Arena is the the largest indoor roller-skating rink in the world. Construction of the massive space began in 1946 and was completed in 1951, opening on Valentine’s Day. All together, the rink has 400,000 oak boards that have been fixed into place with a total of nine tons of nails. Today, crowds