You know you’ve been to SeaWorld a lot when Shamu recognizes you. You’ve walked past Ripley’s Believe it or Not so many times that you’ve started to believe it. You can’t seem to get lost on the Riverwalk no matter how hard you try. Have you been to San Antonio too many times? Probably. Have you missed something...
Boston is the undisputed hub of American independence. From the Mayflower to the famous tea party, the people of this area created the country we live in today. If you hated history like most people do in high school, you might be wondering if you should read any further. Yes, you should! Like Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure proves, going to places...
I know cartoons aren’t real (except for Scooby Doo of course) so my expectations for Madagascar didn’t really include singing lemurs and wise-cracking penguins, but I did imagine that it was quite different than it really is. It’s very difficult to get the real scoop on this country since Google maps will NOT give you driving directions and you...
Madagascar is a frustrating place if you’re used to things working and planes being on time. It’s only domestic airline carrier has been nicknamed “Mad Air” because of its erratic schedule and tendency to randomly cancel flights on a whim. It was very little of a surprise when I showed up at the airport and couldn’t get on a morning...
I was picking up my bags in the Santiago, Chile airport when I first heard the news. The terminal was buzzing about a big celebrity who was going to be flying in at any moment. The celebrity was Ricky Martin. I had heard of Ricky Martin from seeing his posters around Latin America,but this was before he became an icon in the US. I wasn’t exactly sure what he...
There’s been something weird going on with Cuba and the US for a long long time. Cuba and the US have never had a war to speak of, but for over 50 years we’ve been imposing economic sanctions and not allowing any citizens to visit. You could actually end up in jail for visiting the country or even trying to bring in a Cuban cigar through customs (no...
I had always wondered about the mystical islands of Fiji. When you hear “Fiji”, one automatically thinks of pure drinking water, amazing beaches and the movie “Blue Lagoon”(where it was filmed). A friend of mine had asked me to help her find a deal to Fiji and after I had done a little research for her, she changed her mind and decided...
We slipped out of the museum, heads down so that our tour group wouldn’t notice us. We looked around surreptitiously hoping that no police were watching us. Not that they would necessarily know we were guilty of wrongdoing mind you, but we couldn’t take a chance. As we made our way backwards through the entrance line, I felt an...