This motto sums up our recent trip to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. We stumbled across this island paradise due to our kids’ passports being expired. Traveling as a group of 6, including children and grandparents, we decided …
Category: South and Central America
CANCUN-RIVIERA MAYA WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL
The Mexican Mayan Riviera (South Cancun) is, in short, a public relation dream of a name. First and foremost, let’s get the geography lesson out of the way; Quintana Roo is a state in Southeastern Mexico on the eastern part …
Puebla, Mexico- You never know what you’re gonna get. by Terry Zinn
A recent visit to Puebla, Mexico, an hour plus drive outside of Mexico City, is like a box of chocolates: sweet and surprising. This World Heritage City has enumerable churches that are historic and awe-inspiring. Many have plaques in English …
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El Salvador: Coffee, Volcanoes and Heaven by Terry Zinn
While the city of San Salvador offers sights of historical significance, the country side is where the real El Salvador flourishes. The country is known for its cultivation of fine coffee, its prolific number of volcanoes, and now a beach …
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Backpacking and Bus Trip: A Father and Son Experience by Charles Olson
My son and I recently took a trip to Costa Rica. This trip to Costa Rica took a lot of planning by my son. We visited three cities in one week, traveling by bus! Getting off the plane in San …
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El Salvador – Worlds Away by Terry Zinn
Traveling overseas is always a real travel adventure. Traveling to an unknown country overseas with a turbulent past is truly a real adventure. It’s always nice to have someone in that country looking after you whom you can go to, …
ATTACK OF THE GINGER-HAIRED MADMAN! by John M.Edwards
I discovered the main dangers and annoyances of budget travel abroad are our crazy fellow backpackers and dolebludgers in the resort town of Motezuma, “costa Rica” (Costa Rica). But I became entranced with the art of Saul Bolanos shown throughout …
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A MAN ON MEXICO’S ISLAS MUJERAS (ISLAND OF WOMEN) by John M.Edwards
John M. Edwards invades Islas Mujeres in search of copper-skinned beachcombers who shake like Shakira. A male intruder on the Island of Women, just off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula at Playa del Carmen, he tries to pick up a dream dolphin …
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Columbia- My Alma Mater; Colombia- Paradise Found by Ron Kapon
When I was invited to spend six days in Colombia (Republic of Colombia) the only thing I knew about the country (not my college and graduate school, spelled with a U) was the long ago violence of Pablo Escobar and …
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Oaxaca Mexico Food Festival: Mushrooms, Ecotourism, Cuisine by Alvin Starkman
Every summer during the rainy season in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, southern Mexico, both tourists and Oaxacan residents alike gather for a weekend of food, hiking, discovery and related activities with an emphasis on ecotourism. Their common goal is …
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