Detail InformationEdit Gunung Leuser National Park is a national park covering 7,927 km² in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, straddling the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces. The national park, named after Mount Leuser (3,381 m), protects a wide range of ecosystems. An orangutan sanctuary of Bukit Lawang is located inside the park. Together with Bukit […]

Detail InformationEdit Uluwatu Temple (Pura Uluwatu) is one of Bali’s nine key directional temples. Though a small temple was claimed to have existed beforehand, the structure was significantly expanded by a Javanese sage, Empu Kuturan in the 11th Century. Another sage from East Java, Dang Hyang Nirartha is credited for constructing the padmasana shrines and […]

Detail InformationEdit Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) or Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, is a 240 hectares private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia, 15 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Bukit is a limestone plateau with Uluwatu to the west and Nusa Dua to the […]

San Juan Teposcolula is a town and municipality in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, often known simply as Tesposcolula. The name Teposcolula means “next to the twist in copper”. It is part of the Teposcolula District in the center of the Mixteca Region.The town is 2,300 meters above sea level. Long ago it was known […]

Zumpahuacan is a town and municipality in Mexico State. The name “Zumpahuacan” comes from the Nahuatl language “Tzompahuacan”. Tzompahuacan means “place of the strawberry tree” (Erythrina americana or arbol de colorin in Spanish. Another translation of the Nahuatl name can mean “place of the skills of the sacrificed”. Archeological, anthropological and linguistic studies date human […]

Detail InformationEdit Universidad de las Américas Puebla (commonly known as UDLAP, University of the Americas), is a private university in Mexico. It is located in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, a suburb of Puebla. The university is known for its programs in Arts and Humanities, Social sciences, Science and Engineering, and Business and Economics. It is […]

Detail InformationEdit Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) is a public university in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, and the oldest institution of higher education in the Americas. The University grants law, education, dentistry, architecture, and medicine degrees, plus several other additional fields of study. The University has several campuses, located at Morelia, Ciudad Hidalgo, […]

Zapopan is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, which is part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. It is best known as being the home of the Virgin of Zapopan, an image of the Virgin Mary which was made in the 16th century. This image has been credited with a number […]

Detail InformationEdit Xpuhil is a Maya archaeological site located in the Mexican state of Campeche, in the vicinity of the modern-day town of Xpujil. The area surrounding Xpuhil, along Federal Highway 186, is rich with other Maya sites, including Becan and Calakmul. The name xpuhil means “cat’s tail” in reference to a type of vegetation […]

Detail InformationEdit Becan (Spanish: Becán) is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Becan is located near the center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the present-day Mexican state of Campeche, about 150 km (93.2 mi) north of Tikal. The Maya sites of Balamku, Calakmul, Chicanna and Xpuhil are nearby. The name Becan […]