3 Things I Love and Hate about Cruises, or I Survived Disney with the In-Laws
I SURVIVED! It took a lot of self-medication and deep breathing exercises, but I survived my family Disney cruise vacation and kept my sanity. At least I think I did. Perhaps I will start to show signs...
View ArticlePlanet Bell’s top 5 places to visit in 2013
Where are you planning to travel in 2013? Many of the major travel websites, like Lonely Planet and Rough Guides, have issued lists of the top places to visit in 2013. I didn’t want to miss out on all...
View ArticleThe 12 Times (That I know of) That I’ve been Severely Ripped-Off, Robbed,...
1. The time I was pick-pocketed in the Roman metro. I was packed into a crowded carriage on the Roman metro during rush hour, and as the train pulled into a stop, a young gypsy girl – maybe...
View ArticlePolitical Cartoons from Cuba, year 2003
One of the benefits of travel is that it exposes us to different points of view, serves to educate us. Ten years ago, during the run-up to the American-led war in Iraq, I was traveling in Central...
View ArticleMemoirs of My Trip to Cuba, or Change Is Coming
“Que es eso?” Asked the humorless customs agent as he held up my toothbrush. The Cuban officials at the airport in Havana had emptied the entire contents of my backpack on a metal table and were going...
View ArticleMexico Travel Journal Week 9 and 10: Not Cuba
We did not go to Cuba last week. That would be illegal. We have an embargo and travel ban – that I fully support – against the Caribbean nation. But, I did stand on the Caribbean coast and look...
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