It doesn’t take long once you are onboard Adonia to realize your experience with Fathom is going to be very different than anything you have probably ever experienced. True, you have boarded a ship, but don’t compare this vessel and…
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Machu Picchu is Trip Advisor Travelers’ Choice of the World’s most beloved landmark. Want to go? You don’t need a loan even though internet comments decry the high price tag. But, with just a few tips and some effort on…
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Mexico is calling. Best part is, it’s not “collect”. While there are many routes into Mexico, a sure bet is entry through Cancun. Cancun is the jumping off point for so many epic vacations. CUN airport is one of the…
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The small fishing village of Puerto Lopez, Ecuador offers relaxing entertainment: exploring Isla de la Plata, ocean kyaking, whale watching, cloud forest with birds and monkeys, or simply relaxing on Playa los Frailes (Ecudor’s most beautiful beach). Tours Isla de…
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Tourists visit Puerto Lopez, Ecuador for three major reasons: Isla de la Plata, whale watching and the beach. What they miss is a lesson in fine chocolate making at Chocolates Pacha. Angel Zurita and Veronica Alvarez, owners, begin by cultivating…
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Driving along a winding, narrow cliff, a 1300-foot drop on the driver’s side, I clung to my heart, with the rest of me halfway out the passenger-side window. Hiking slick rock at seemingly a 90-degree angle, I came to a…
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One of the most unique and delicious dining experiences we have ever had in the USA was recently at the Brazilian Restaurant, Moqueca, in Oxnard, California, (3550 S Harbor Blvd #201 Oxnard, CA 93035.) This fine dining establishment is upstairs…
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Are you a traveler or a tourist? It’s important to know because it will determine if Cuba is a good destination for you. Which one best describes you? Travelers embrace the challenges, the differences, and difficulties of exploring an…
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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World, Iguazu Waterfalls (Cataratus Iguazú), the largest waterfall in the world. The Falls are located in Northern Argentina on the border with Brasil. In fact, you can…
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Rio Parana, the second longest river in South America behind the mighty Amazon, divides Brasil, Argentina and Paraguay. The focus of our trip was to see the Iguazu Falls (Cataratus Iguazú) which were magnificent. But, fishing the Parana River was…
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Mosi-oa-Tunya, or Smoke that Thunders as it is known by indigenous peoples of Africa, was discovered by Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone in 1855. He renamed and claimed this largest curtain of water in the world for Queen Victoria…
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I must admit when I was invited to lunch at Gotham Bar & Grill with three wine writers I respect and Mr. & Mrs. Marc Mondavi (Janice) I accepted the invitation because it read “Have lunch with the Water Witch”…
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I was halfway through my Dreamcatcher massage when the masseuse started dancing around the table. Now, I’m somewhat of an experienced spa-goer, but this was new for me. As were so many other things at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in…
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Salinas KOA is just off Interstate highway 101 on the California coast just a half hour from Monterrey. This is a very large KOA with close, level parking, but it is very pretty…on three tiers of a hillside covered with…
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Iquique has reinvented itself from a sleepy little fishing village to a nitrate power house and, now, a tourist destination. Located on Chile’s northern west coast, Iquique has something for everyone – beaches to gambling. Getting There: LANTAM flies into…
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The first thing that comes to mind when you think of the desert is sand. However, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile is a mixture of landscapes from volcanoes to salt lakes, geysers to sand dunes. June is the beginning…
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You’re a photographer for a big city newspaper, with the chance of a front page photo. Would you change an image to make it more dramatic? Intervene in the photo? Alter the truth? This is one of several ethics questions…
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While driving through the fragrant green Blue Ridge Mountain scenery near Mount Pisgah National Park on Highway 26, we kept seeing signs for Biltmore, so we decided to take the exit and check it out. At first we came to…
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At first sight of Villavicencio, it reminded me of a Swiss Alps ski lodge that lost it’s way and ended up at the foothills of the Andes by mistake. Villavicencio opened in 1940 to accommodate the rich and famous. The…
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My husband and I started planning our trip to Peru as soon as we learned that our daughter, Rachel, was assigned to Lima for work as a Trade Attache for the US government in 2015. We headed off on our…
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