Monkey River (Belize)
In Belize, there are many tours to see the animals and birds of the area. We chose to take the...
City Passes – all around the world
What are City Passes/Cards? It is worth it to see if you should get a City Card whenever you spend...
The Tropicana Cabaret Club – Havana, Cuba
The Tropicana Club – Havana, Cuba History This venerable institution (started in 1939) still puts on a great show even...
Park Guell – Barcelona's magnificent Gaudi park
Park Guell is the serendipitous result of a failed planned community.Around the turn of the 20th century, Count Eusebi Guell...
"Perfect weather" traveling
Travel and Leisure has reported on a study that came up with locations that have “perfect” weather for every season. ...
China: helpful free apps
These apps are great to have installed before you go so they are ready to use as you need a...
Travel tips: Dealing with the heat, humidity, and sun
While I was in Cartagena, the daytime temperature was often only in the high 80s but the heat index was...
Barbados – Harrison's Cave (with bonus monkeys)
Cruise port: Barbados – Harrison’s Cave I like caves. I’ve ziplined in a cave. I’ve tubed through a cave. And...
Chicago area peeps: A corn maze with a bar and ax-throwing? Count me in.
Around Halloween, there is a corn maze in Chicago. And this is actually in the city of Chicago, not one...
Pampered street cats of Istanbul (Turkey)
This is the cat that “guarded” my hotel in Istanbul. He was there each night and didn’t mind people coming...
