Feb. 24, 2016: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
February 24, 2016
A city founded by Christopher Columbus and his brother, but where nearly everything you’ll see was built after 1865. What a paradox!
A city founded by Christopher Columbus and his brother, but where nearly everything you’ll see was built after 1865. What a paradox!
Havana, off-limits to most Americans for half a century, is a city in the midst of big changes, whose ultimate direction is not yet all that clear.
Concerns over terrorism, refugees and now the Zika virus are changing where the world’s vacation dollars are going. Winners and losers here…
Once the Presidential Palace (and scene of an attempted coup d’etat) this impressive building is now a museum of Cuba’s revolutions. In front, a piece of the 17th-century city wall.
One of Europe’s leading cruise lines treats itself to two huge new liners and considers where it will sail next.
I think everyone who goes to Cuba goes with at least some expectation of stepping back into the 1950s, into a world populated with glamorous
A visit to the lovely Havana Cathedral, a 18th century Baroque church, the finest of its type in Cuba.
Winter days shoveling snow remind TG Guru GarryRF of sunnier days on a Cuban beach.
PHeymont’s on vacation in Cuba and sent us his first batch of classic American car photos! Beauties!!
MSC Cruises is joining the parade of cruise lines with private islands that host their passengers for days on the beach, at sports and even shopping. MSC has acquired a former dredging station 20 miles south of Bimini and 65 miles east of Miami and renamed it Ocean Cay. By the end of next year, $200 million will have created 6 beaches, 2000-seat amphitheatre, sports venues, walking and nature trails, and even a “Bahamian village” with shops and restaurants. Ocean Cay will be the biggest of…
A city founded by Christopher Columbus and his brother, but where nearly everything you’ll see was built after 1865. What a paradox!
Havana, off-limits to most Americans for half a century, is a city in the midst of big changes, whose ultimate direction is not yet all that clear.
Concerns over terrorism, refugees and now the Zika virus are changing where the world’s vacation dollars are going. Winners and losers here…
Once the Presidential Palace (and scene of an attempted coup d’etat) this impressive building is now a museum of Cuba’s revolutions. In front, a piece of the 17th-century city wall.
One of Europe’s leading cruise lines treats itself to two huge new liners and considers where it will sail next.
I think everyone who goes to Cuba goes with at least some expectation of stepping back into the 1950s, into
A visit to the lovely Havana Cathedral, a 18th century Baroque church, the finest of its type in Cuba.
Winter days shoveling snow remind TG Guru GarryRF of sunnier days on a Cuban beach.
PHeymont’s on vacation in Cuba and sent us his first batch of classic American car photos! Beauties!!
MSC Cruises is joining the parade of cruise lines with private islands that host their passengers for days on the beach, at sports and even shopping. MSC has acquired a former dredging station 20 miles south of Bimini and 65 miles east of Miami and renamed it Ocean Cay. By the end of next year, $200 million will have created 6 beaches, 2000-seat amphitheatre, sports venues, walking and nature trails, and even a “Bahamian village” with shops and restaurants. Ocean Cay will be the biggest of…