How to Choose
a Caribbean Destination

For many travelers, the word ‘Caribbean’ conjures up instant images of sandy beaches, umbrella laden cocktails and reggae music swaying palm trees in the breeze.  That quintessential Caribbean vacation is indeed the stuff that vacation dreams are made of.  But if you choose to explore further, you will find a diversified mix of lands that […]

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Remembering Guadalajara:
A former foreign student returns
to walk around Mexico’s second city

The Broken Sidewalks Memories come flooding back the minute my feet begin moving along the broken sidewalks of Guadalajara, Mexico.  Even in the city’s more exclusive colonias (neighborhoods), the concrete splits and crumbles, protruding up from the earth like tiny mountainous obstacles. The uneven walkway is as disruptive as the city itself.  Brilliantly lit up […]

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