Rio Grande Valley Texas is actually a region rather than one specific town. This popular community for retirement comprises many towns; Harlingen, McAllen, and Brownsville are some of the larger ones. Edinburg, Weslaco, and Mission are 3 others. The area is made up of the extreme southern tip of Texas - one side is bordered by the Rio Grande and…...

Bahia de Caraquez is a laid-back resort community of about 30,000 on a peninsula on the west coast of Ecuador. It's a pretty, subdued seaside location with clean streets, low crime (especially by Ecuador's standards) and white sandy beaches....

Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia, Canada, and one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the Americas.  This exciting city is located on Canada's west coast. The setting of high rise buildings rising from the harbor  creates a striking environment.  Vancouver is home to 2 major universities: the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.  It has…...

Tellico Lake, more correctly called Tellico Reservoir is a very large reservoir in Tennessee that was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1979 by the Tellico Dam. The dam impounded the Little Tennessee River and the lower Tellico River. The lake has approximately 357 miles of shoreline. Although there is no town called Tellico Lake, several towns are…...