Category Archives: GPS | The Americas

La Cantina at Vida Vacations in Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta (PRNewsFoto/Vida Vacations) | Photo by Miguel Naranjo

MEXICAN RESORTS Three new dining options rise in Sierra Madre

Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre Mountains, guests can enjoy miles of wooden pathways.

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La Cantina at Vida Vacations in Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta (PRNewsFoto/Vida Vacations) | Photo by Miguel Naranjo

MEXICAN RESORTS Three new dining options rise in Sierra Madre

Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre Mountains, guests can enjoy miles of wooden pathways.

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Florida Power & Light Company demolished the four 350 foot tall stacks and four boilers at its Port Everglades power plant in Hollywood, Fla. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, to make way for a new, high-efficiency, clean power plant. Scheduled to open in 2016, the new, state-of-the-art combined-cycle natural gas plant will produce enough electricity to power approximately 260,000 homes while using 35 percent less fuel than the old power plant. Photo by Doug Murray/FPL

GPS | THE AMERICAS: Florida | Spectacular photos of Port Everglades Power Plant demolished

For more than 50 years, the power plant’s four 350-foot, candy-cane-striped stacks and four 7,500-ton boilers marked South Florida’s skyline. The power plant demolition, pictured here, is the largest in Florida’s history and the company’s third in three years.

Florida Power & Light Company demolished the four 350 foot tall stacks and four boilers at its Port Everglades power plant in Hollywood, Fla. on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, to make way for a new, high-efficiency, clean power plant. Scheduled to open in 2016, the new, state-of-the-art combined-cycle natural gas plant will produce enough electricity to power approximately 260,000 homes while using 35 percent less fuel than the old power plant. Photo by Doug Murray/FPL

GPS | THE AMERICAS: Florida | Spectacular photos of Port Everglades Power Plant demolished

For more than 50 years, the power plant’s four 350-foot, candy-cane-striped stacks and four 7,500-ton boilers marked South Florida’s skyline. The power plant demolition, pictured here, is the largest in Florida’s history and the company’s third in three years.

NOLI ME TANGERE OPERA in New York City | Photo by Randy Gener

GPS | THE AMERICAS: New York City | Epic “Noli Me Tangere” opera takes a bow in New York City

GPS | THE AMERICAS | NEW YORK CITY | The cast numbers 30 singers. The pit houses 35-piece orchestra musicians. On sheer numbers alone, the Noli Me Tangere Opera is a large-scale production. The opera is based on an epic novel: the 1887

NOLI ME TANGERE OPERA in New York City | Photo by Randy Gener

GPS | THE AMERICAS: New York City | Epic “Noli Me Tangere” opera takes a bow in New York City

GPS | THE AMERICAS | NEW YORK CITY | The cast numbers 30 singers. The pit houses 35-piece orchestra musicians. On sheer numbers alone, the Noli Me Tangere Opera is a large-scale production. The opera is based on an epic novel: the 1887

GPS | NEW YORK: Rainbow colors flood Empire State Building on Gay Pride

It’s been an amazing week for gay rights. The U.S. Supreme Court dumped the federal Defense of Marriage Act and declined to reinstate a ban on same-sex marriage in California. On Sunday June 30, 2013, the Empire State Building has

GPS | NEW YORK: Rainbow colors flood Empire State Building on Gay Pride

It’s been an amazing week for gay rights. The U.S. Supreme Court dumped the federal Defense of Marriage Act and declined to reinstate a ban on same-sex marriage in California. On Sunday June 30, 2013, the Empire State Building has

Photo of the Chagres River in the Gamboa rain forest in Panama | Photo by Randy Gener

GPS | Panama: A view of the Panama Canal from the dizzying heights of a cable car

Because of the proximity of the Gamboa to Panama City, this upper section of the Chagres River Basin, which is protected by Chagres National Park (founded in 1985), is quickly becoming a family-fun adventure and ecotourist destination.

Photo of the Chagres River in the Gamboa rain forest in Panama | Photo by Randy Gener

GPS | Panama: A view of the Panama Canal from the dizzying heights of a cable car

Because of the proximity of the Gamboa to Panama City, this upper section of the Chagres River Basin, which is protected by Chagres National Park (founded in 1985), is quickly becoming a family-fun adventure and ecotourist destination.

Turtles on Monkey Island in the Panama Canal | Photo by Randy Gener

GPS | Panama: Two turtles adoring the sun

GPS | CENTRAL AMERICA:   Monkey Island lives up to its name.  Located at the Gamboa Rainforest in Panama, a boat ride tour around Gatun Lake, which surrounds Monkey Island, is a fun opportunity to see 4 different species of monkey, all

Turtles on Monkey Island in the Panama Canal | Photo by Randy Gener

GPS | Panama: Two turtles adoring the sun

GPS | CENTRAL AMERICA:   Monkey Island lives up to its name.  Located at the Gamboa Rainforest in Panama, a boat ride tour around Gatun Lake, which surrounds Monkey Island, is a fun opportunity to see 4 different species of monkey, all