Some Destinations Really ARE Dangerous
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, General | 4 Comments »Those of us who travel a lot tend to pooh-pooh the question non-travelers seem to ask the most: "Is it safe there?" "There" is usually anywhere outside the country where they currently live. The fear of the unknown is very strong. ...
Book of the Year – Thanks!
Saturday, December 27th, 2008 Posted in General | 1 Comment »Thanks to everyone who responded to my blatant campaigning at Planeta.com. Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America came out on top as book of the year in their guidebooks category. This planning kit is not really a "guidebook" in the ...
Christmas Spirit in Latin America
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, International living/working, Long-term travel | 1 Comment »If you want to travel somewhere that is as nuts about the Christmas season as your own country, may I suggest Latin America? I have spent late December in a fair number of other countries in my day. Turkey was probably ...
Peru’s Salkantay Trek (vs. the Inca Trail)
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Travel adventures | 10 Comments »I just spent a week off the grid, slogging up and down the Andes Mountains in Peru. I did something similar three and a half years ago con mi esposa, but on the Inca Trail. We paid in the neighborhood ...
The Importance of Being Spontaneous
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Destination reports, Long-term travel, Travel adventures | No Comments »I had just spent two wonderful days in the Colca Canyon of Peru. (Well, after I got over a screaming headache from going immediately to 11,000 feet in altitude that is.) I was heading back to Arequipa and in one ...



