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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...

News of the good: you can help stop sex-trafficking

Want to help stop sex-trafficking? You easily can. As you travel around the world, you can help stop sex-trafficking by...

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...

Great news! Automatic refunds for some instances of flight delays/changes/etc

Check out this article: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-rule-requiring-automatic-refunds-airline This new airline rule makes it that airlines have to refund you AUTOMATICALLY if they...

News of the Good: VR helps dementia patients

A company called Rendevor has a VR system that can help older adults including those with dementia. The system offers...

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...

News of the Good: some KitKat wrappers in Japan will be origami paper rather than plastic

Story here. The Kit Kat wrappers will now include instructions for how to fold the paper into an origami crane. ...