Mexico: Los Cabos & Coffee with Frida
Cabo San Lucas…. I had been warned that it is very touristy. Yup. Semi-fortunately, I had signed up for a 2-1/2 hour jaunt to...
Guatemala: Mayans in the Midst
Aztecs. Incas. Mayans. Ancient peoples of Central and South America. In Guatemala, the ‘Mayans’ are still here: they are the descendants...
Nicaragua: ‘Too much tears and blood’
The ‘Real and Renowned Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,’ a.k.a. Our Lady of Grace, in Léon, Nicaragua’s...
‘Pura Vida’
Literally ‘pure life,’ the phrase captures the relaxing way of life of Ticos and Ticas, the people of Costa Rica. Today we are moored in...
Prelude to the Panama Canal
Feliz Navidad, Panamanian style Having arrived in the port of Colón yesterday (Colón is Spanish for Columbus), today I spent nearly six...
Cienfuegos, or One Hundred Fires
There is no story of 100 fires. Señor Fuegos was an early city father, though the city was founded, in the late 1800s, by French...
Bienvenido a Cuba!
Repeat after me: ‘Cooo-bah.’ And, yes, they still serve the first illegal cocktail I ever drank: a Cuba libre. And, yes, rum is the drink...
Day #2: Tutu Dog
Official Day #1 was consumed by Transit. Today, #2, is the real start of the trip. A full day in Miami with a Viking-arranged city bus...
Miami Nice
Up since 4, so this will be short. Only event was arriving at the Loews Miami South Beach and they’d never heard of me. They managed to...
