Shall we talk about slavery? I honestly did not know the term Juneteenth, but over the years I have begun to understand a little about the history of enslavement. However…

After several work and personal trips to Colombia, this was the first time I developed a tour to actually take a group myself- it turned out to be one of…

Classic Cuban: meat, fried plantain, rice and beans Rice and beans? Or; Beans and rice? … Your choice!  And thus has been Cuba’s culinary reputation since Cuba began opening as…

Sunset from Mallory Square is one of the most famous sunsets in the world “… we’ll get there fast and then we’ll take it slow …” – The Beach Boys…

This fellow is a freshwater turtle, enjoying the sun! On Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, not far from the border with Nicaragua, is a magically lush region of birds, sloths and…

Haiti. As predicted, Hurricane Matthew caused massive destruction in the impoverished island nation of Haiti. The death toll currently sits around 900 and is sure to rise. Generally, in these…

Che Guevara, in Revolution Square Business in Cuba. The Great Communist Island has legalized business. Well, small and medium business, to be precise: Here is a BBC article. Of course,…

No Guns! No Drugs! No Minors! Recently I was in Copan, Honduras, one of that country’s (very) few genuine tourist attractions. After visiting the spectacular Mayan archeological site, we checked…

After spending the first half of 2014 high in the Andes I have recently been lucky enough to experience the extremely low lands along the shores of the southern Mississippi.…