I love OATs: Outdoors, Art & Travel
You know you’ve arrived in a special place as soon as you step into the streets of the small town of Sarchí, in Costa Rica. Bright-coloured paintings of intricate geometric patterns and birds and flowers are everywhere: on the street signs, on the utility poles, in murals, and in parks. The art permeating through the …
The town of Grecia, in the mountains of the central valley of Costa Rica and only a 1.5-hour drive from the international airport in San José, is a superb location to explore the gardens, parks, and nature reserves that abound in this area. And best of all, you can visit most of them without renting …
You see pictures and videos of happy people in Las Coloradas frolicking on the shores of a bright pink lake and you start dreaming of your next trip to Yucatán, Mexico. How cool would be a shot of yourself taking a dip in such a striking background. Before you start rehearsing your pose there’s a …
Right smack in the middle of a dense jungle the pyramids and temples of the mid-size Mayan ruins of Ek Balam soar above the canopy trees. The lost city of the Black Jaguar (or Star Jaguar, as some Mayans call it), which was at the top of its game around the late Classic period (600 …
Back in the days when the great city of Uxmal was a power stronghold in the Mayan world people in its streets must have walked proud and tall. Wow, look at our squares, look at our palaces, look at our pyramids. Man, we rock! They must have thought their kingdom would rule forever. Royalty may …
The tiny island of Holbox (pronounced hol-BOSH), in Mexico, is a sandy paradise painted in shades of turquoise with crystal clear waters washing the shore. It’s located on the north side of Quintana Roo, the same state as Cancún and Playa del Carmen, but the vibe here is totally different. No wall-to-wall high-rise mammoths of …
