Iceland here I come!
I’m excited to finally be visiting Iceland this month to attend the Society of American Travel Writers annual convention in Reyjkavik. (Not least, happy because after spending almost the entire...
Join me at Horizons Unlimited adventure motorcycle meet in Yosemite, September 25-28, 2014
Join me at Horizons Unlimited adventure motorcycle meet in Yosemite, September 25-28, 2014. I’ll be promoting my literary book MI MOTO FIDEL: MOTORCYCLING THROUGH CUBA and presenting on my group...
Join me in Mill Valley, CA, for a presentation of “Titillating Tales Told by the Titans of Travel”
I’m delighted to join an illustrious group of fellow travel journalists for an evening presentation of readings on the theme: “Sex, Mishaps and Adventure: Titillating Tales Told by the Titans...
I’m signed up for 5 days intensive off-road motorcycle training in the Mojave Desert
I’m signed up for 5 days intensive off-road motorcycle training in the Mojave Desert with Rawhyde Adventures, Oct 17-21
Podcast interview ‘Motorcycling in Cuba’ with Cristi Farrell
Listen to my latest interview on motorcycling in Cuba with adventure motorcycle maven Cristi Farrell for her Moterrific blog and podcast Click here: http://bit.ly/1gk3mp7 We recorded the interview over dinner...
Obama and Castro shake hands in the spirit of Nelson Mandela
I WAS THRILLED THAT President Obama showed the right stuff and shook Cuban leader Raúl Castro’s hand during the memorial service to Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who embodied the very essence...
National Geographic Expeditions announces new 11-day tour of Eastern Cuba
National Geographic Expeditions has announced a new 11-day Cuba tour: ‘Eastern Cuba: Crossroads of History & Culture’. I’m thrilled to have been asked to lead the first of five trips...
Kurù Design Villas–Costa Rica’s latest deluxe hotel
LuxuryLatinAmerica.com today published my report on Costa Rica’s latest deluxe hotel to open: Kurù Design Villas. Perched atop a mountain, this sexy post–modernist boutique hotel offers sensational coastal vistas and...
How bad is the recent cholera outbreak in Cuba, and should you go?
A full year has passed since the first reports of the first reappearance of cholera in Cuba in decades, yet it appears that the island still hasn’t contained the outbreak,...
help end the travel ban to Cuba for U.S. citizens
In 2011, President Obama liberalized travel to Cuba for Cuban-Americans, students and religious travel, and created a new category–People-to-People–that permits ALL U.S. citizens to participate in “educational exchange” programs. But...
