Summer vacation is within reach. In many American cities, the winters are bitterly, spring is sweet, but the summers are oh so gorgeous. Since the supply of hotels is the same no matter what season it is, prices go up to meet the increased demand.  And in summer, that demand can be pretty hefty outside […]

  Sanctuary Belize is becoming a buzzword for those who want to experience the resort life in a Central American paradise only two hours from U.S. gateways. Belize is a place you can take sanctuary from life’s hassles and not have to be found for a few days, a week, or longer (or, if you […]

It doesn’t take long to get your sea legs on the 36-passenger True North as you sail the waters off Australia’s coastlines. The small ship adventure cruise also heads into the wilds of Papua New Guinea in addictive seven- to 13-day journeys that have earned parent company North Star Cruises, a loyal following among Australia’s […]

 “My mojito in the Bodeguita del Medio and my daiquiri in the Floridita” – Ernest Hemingway Mark Twain once wrote, “In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man.”  That is the Cuba that waits across the Florida’s warm […]

by Scott Ludlum If you are headed for Machu Picchu prepare to be challenged by two peaks. The site was built on a narrow ridge between Machu Picchu (“old peak” in the local Quechua language) mountain and Huayna Picchu (“young peak”) mountain at an elevation of 8,000 feet. Part of the allure of visiting the Lost […]