Hiking Atitlán Volano
The past year has been a big one for us and adventures. On December 2, 2020 we hiked up Acatenango. In January 2021 we hiked up Toliman volcano. In April…
Circumnavigating Lake Atitlán
It seems that the pandemic has brought out the adventurers in us. In July I bought a SUP (stand up paddle) board. In December we hiked Acatenango volcano. In January…
Hiking Tolimán Volcano
In early December we hiked Volcán Acatenango, near Antigua, Guatemala. The day we hiked up happened to be Mark’s 68th birthday. For my 61st birthday at the end of December…
Hiking Acatenango Volcano
For all of 2020’s many challenges, the year gave me a chance to cross something–besides “survive a pandemic”–off my bucket list: watching the sun rise from the summit of Acatenango…
Cuba: Day Trip to Viñales
This is one of a series of articles about our trip to Cuba. Click here for a list of all the Cuba-related articles. After a week in Havana, we were…
Havana: Music!
This is one of a series of articles about our trip to Cuba. Click here for a list of all the Cuba-related articles. One of the reasons we decided to…
The Vegan Traveler: Havana, Cuba
This is one of a series of articles about our trip to Cuba. Click here for a list of all the Cuba-related articles. Cuba has two distinct economies, and that…
Havana: Where To Go and What To See
There are many ways to explore Havana. Lots of tourists opt for a tour in one of the gazillion restored 1950’s American cars–we didn’t do that. We found Havana to…
Travel to Cuba: Preparing For Your Trip
Whenever you prepare for a trip, there’s an element of the unknown. You can read all the guides and blog posts in the world, but until you go there yourself,…
Travel to Quiriguá and Rio Dulce, Guatemala
I’ve traveled through many parts of my adopted country of Guatemala, but had never explored the eastern area. A destination high on my “must visit” list was the Rio Dulce,…
The Vegan Traveler: Copán Ruinas, Honduras
I’ve wanted to visit the archeological site in Copán for years, and I finally got there in January. Copán was the capital city of a Classic Period Maya kingdom (5th to…
CBX Cross Border Xpress for San Diego International Travel
CBX (Cross Border Xpress) is a private pedestrian border crossing that takes you from the Otay Mesa area of San Diego directly into the Tijuana airport. While international travelers have…
The Vegan Traveler: San Diego Vegan Restaurants
San Diego is my hometown. When I first went vegan in 2007, there were few restaurants offering good vegan meals. I moved to Guatemala in 2011, and since then San…
Happy Traveler on Interjet
In February I wrote about the terrible experiences I had with the Mexican airline Volaris. I recently flew the other major low-cost Mexican airline: Interjet. Flying with Interjet made me a…
The Vegan Traveler: Cruise Ship Food
When I agreed to go on a cruise with my dad, a primary concern was what I would eat during 16 days on a floating hotel known for excesses of rich…
The Vegan Traveler: Cruise Ship Edition
Being in a ship is being in jail, with a chance of being drowned. That line was written by Samuel Johnson in 1759. As far as I can tell, not…
Volaris – Airline of Evil
Let me start by saying that of the five times I’ve flown Volaris, it was this last trip and subsequent follow-up that put the airline in my Evil category. Let me also…
Our Quest for the Perfect Travel Guitar
In 2013 we were preparing for a trip to several destinations in the U.S. Mark didn’t want to haul his vintage Martin around, so we began our quest for the…
The Vegan Traveler: Mexico City
Mexico City is huge, and we had only three days to explore. We stayed in the Centro Historico (at a great vegan-friendly B&B, Chillout Flat.) Most of the vegan-friendly restaurants…
The Vegan Traveler: San Miguel de Allende
Our September jaunt through Mexico led us from Lake Chapala to San Miguel de Allende. I’d heard so much about San Miguel, and friends from Guatemala were staying there for…