Words from the Travel Article
- triangle trip: a journey linking three places that form a rough triangle
- charm: a quality that attracts and delights people
- impression: the feeling or opinion you form about something
- nestled: lying in a sheltered, comfortable position
- sophisticated: complex, refined and developed
- riot (of colour): a large, bright, exciting mass of colours
- murals: large pictures painted directly on walls
- colonized: taken over and ruled by a foreign country
- site: a place where something important is or happened
- fascinating: extremely interesting
- touristy: full of tourists and things made for them
- cremation: burning a dead body as part of a funeral
- grisly: horrible and frightening, usually because of death
- deceased: a person who has died
- encounter: to meet, often unexpectedly
- genuine: real, truly what it seems to be
- hub: a busy centre of activity
- canoeing: travelling on water in a narrow boat moved with paddles
- privilege: a special advantage or honour
- tranquil: calm and peaceful
- vestiges: small remaining traces of something
- snow-capped: covered with snow on top
- atop: on the top of
- mind-blowing: astonishing, overwhelming
- incredible: hard to believe, amazing
- awoke: woke up (past tense of awake)
- hoaxes: false stories meant to trick people
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