From La Habana to Cienfuegos

From La Habana to Cienfuegos

Today we drove from Havana to Cienfuegos. In total the drive is about 5 hours in a rather cramped can, but we had a couple of stops to break it up. Several Observations The roads are quite nice for the most part. Not a lot of potholes. Not a lot of traffic. We have a...
Cancun to La Habana: Thoughts on Interjet

Cancun to La Habana: Thoughts on Interjet

We flew from Cancun to La Habana Cuba which took approximately 1 hour. We flew the airline Interjet which I had always heard was a crappy airline but it was actually great. Thoughts About Interjet Upon arrival to the Cancun airport, they had a separate line for each...
A Carnivore’s Extravaganza

A Carnivore’s Extravaganza

Cheripan Distrito Gastronómico Escuadrón 201 #3151 Col. Aviación Tijuana, B.C. 22014 Tel. (664) 622 9730 On a whim this past Friday, my Mom and I drove down to Cheripan in Tijuana, Baja California because we wanted to eat some really good meat.Without realizing it, I...
Arriving to La Habana, Cuba

Arriving to La Habana, Cuba

Coming to Cuba, one of the last two remaining truly communist states, I expected there to be propaganda posters and pictures of Che all over the place.Instead we were greeted by very large, very capitalistic adverts for the local Cuban beer and Lucky Strike...
Hong Kong First Impressions

Hong Kong First Impressions

Hong Kong is really REALLY big. It makes New York look like a small village. It has the most skyscrapers of any city in the world, twice as many as New York City. Additionally it has the most billionaires in the world. It is a city of contrasts. Lamborghinis drive by...
10 Reflections on Vancouver, BC

10 Reflections on Vancouver, BC

I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Vancouver and I wanted to reflect on some of my thoughts while everything is still fresh. 1. Canadians are really REALLY friendly people. Everyone was friendly. Even the border guards, the customs agents and the airport...
Ziplining in Cancun

Ziplining in Cancun

We headed to the ziplining area to get geared up. There are two different ziplining courses with 7 ziplines each and then one water landing attached to each course. It’s slightly weird having to swim while being attached to a zipline. I was amazed that my Mom, at 59...
ATVing in Cancun

ATVing in Cancun

There are two 5 km ATV tracks and you can do each track once. The first track took us about 30 minutes to complete and we had a lot of fun going through the tunnels, bridges, caves and water features. We all got wet and muddy and it was great. The ATV in front of us...
Temazcal Mayan Sweat-lodge Ceremony

Temazcal Mayan Sweat-lodge Ceremony

Temazscal had been a bucket list item for me for about 10 years. Upon arrival, a lady confirmed my reservation and then took all of my things to hold on to for me during the ceremony. They don’t allow anything inside other than glasses and clothes. No shoes,...
Reef Snorkeling at Xcaret

Reef Snorkeling at Xcaret

Xcaret is a bit of a tourist trap. It costs $130 for a ticket to the park and almost everything worth doing costs more. But it was still fun overall. On the bus to the park, they showed a video with all of the optional activities, one of which was snorkeling out on...