Colombia has been on my mind for years simply because I have so many Colombian friends, and every time I meet a Colombian my impression is always so positive. In general, the Colombian disposition is highly upbeat, personable, and always fun. What I like to call “good people!" With decades of drug cartel violence and …
I know instantly when a place has changed me: I feel an unexplained tinge of melancholy at the end of a journey. As I rode along the aptly named “Ruta del Fin del Mundo” (The Route to the End of the World) for the 5 hour drive back to the closest commercial airport in Punta …
Dear Friends, Is it not amazing how our list of “must-see” places seems to expand proportionately each day? We keep trying to get just one more spectacular adventure in before the year end, before the month-end, before the weekend! I personally find that I am enjoying more places, maybe seeing them a bit quicker than …
This is one where you are just going to have to trust me and I promise you will be rewarded handsomely. If you have 7 days to spend and are open on your destination, you must consider Uruguay! Here is my take: For East Coast Americans an overnight flight to the Uruguayan Capital Montevideo hardly …
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The Galapagos with International Expeditions Aboard the 34-Passenger Evolution The Evolution is perhaps one of the nicest boats in the Galapagos. It is a pretty ship with character, intimate, yet with very large state-rooms for expedition-standards with port-holes that open, spacious bathrooms with storage, and some rooms large enough for a third person. The crew …
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