When many Americans think of El Salvador, their first thought is of the civil war that ended 23 years ago or an earthquake they think they heard about on the news. El Salvador is often forgotten in the competition for vacation time because of the popularity of Cancun or nearby Costa Rica. Those destinations arguably have been developed much more, but if you’re...
You might have noticed on a map the island at the very tip of India with the funny name. After decades of civil war, Sri Lanka is emerging as a world class tourist destination. This small country packs a lot in one island: beautiful beaches, Buddhist temples and ruins, amazing wildlife, unspoiled nature and possibly the best tea in the world. Getting to...
I’ve been planning a trip to Madagascar for some time time now. Maybe it’s the mystique of singing lemurs and clever penguins that interests me. I look for airfare deals, but the bottom line is that it can be really expensive to go there if you don’t shop around. Last week I plugged in the 2 places I wished to go (Madagascar and Namibia) and...
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A friend of mine was sitting in her seat waiting for her flight to leave Mexico when she heard her name called over the intercom. She and her partner were asked to deplane and were corralled into a security office flanked by Mexican police officers. She was asked identify her bag and examine the contents. Everything seemed to be the same EXCEPT for a case of bullets...
We live in a world of power naps, power lunches and power bars. We’ve learned to compress the amount of time needed to complete a task into a fraction of what it would normally take. Two of the biggest reasons people don’t travel is because of a perceived shortage of time and money. A two day power trip solves that. The greatest thing about a...
The boat started pulling out of the lagoon while we were still zipping up our wet suits. There was excitement in the air as the divers were chatting with each other in various languages. It’s not every day that you can do one of the scariest dives in the world. If you have ever watched Shark Week (and who hasn’t?), you probably know that bull sharks...
Everyone feels the same way when they get back home after sipping tropical drinks for a week on a white sandy beach. It’s hard to believe the week passed so quickly. You close your eyes and imagine dipping your toes in the crystal clear water. But as soon as you’re picking up your baggage, the memories of the sound of the waves start to fade as you hear...
I’m sitting in the most famous hotel in the Caribbean. It’s showing it’s age after 120 years but Mick Jagger brought Bianca here, Charles Addams used it as inspiration for his eerie cartoons, Bill and Hilary spent their honeymoon here and even Jimmy Buffet slept here. It’s a little run down oasis right smack in the middle of Port Au Prince and...
Eric was still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as we sat in the hotel bar drinking a Prestige stubby. He paced back and forth and was noticeably upset about his missing dog.” It’s just a mutt, but it’s the friendliest dog you’ve ever seen”,he said. There had been a little shendig the night before and the dog had been wagging his tail...