By Terra Liddil Shops stocked with beautiful handicrafts made by local artists line the main streets of Tulum Mexico. You can spend hours wandering through tiendas (shops) searching for that unique gift item to take home. There are also plenty of synthetic, artificial, and machine-made look-alikes. If you don’t know what to look for, you may end up with a collection of … [Read more...] about Treasure Shopping in Tulum
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Buying Underwear in Panama
By Janet LoSole With considerable embarrassment, I admit that after one year traipsing around Central America, the underwear situation in our family was in such -- ahem -- tatters that we discarded the old to start anew. For the girls and my husband, Lloyd, this was a simple matter of submitting to any one of the dozens of discount stores on the main street of David, … [Read more...] about Buying Underwear in Panama
From the Source: Moroccan Leather
By Marsha Rexford ITWPA Member The bunch of mint thrust into my hands on arrival was welcome. You smell the tannery buried within the ancient medina of Fes before you see it. It is the oldest tannery in existence, dating from the 11th century, and little has changed in its operation over the years. Many travelers love to shop for locally crafted articles at their far-flung … [Read more...] about From the Source: Moroccan Leather