At the end of October 2020, I did Frontiers North's one day fly-in-fly-out Polar Bear Adventure to Churchill, Manitoba. Why would one get on an airplane and tr...
A week spent here in March was a week well spent. Why choose to stay here when there are a half-dozen upscale resorts down the beach? Personally I prefer the...
When my tour group recently passed through Sancti Spiritus, we were lodged at the lovely Don Florencio. While there are other cheaper accommodations in town, I...
Situated by the scenic Rio Yayabo, you’ll find a warm and hospitable setting in this popular restaurant. This was the first place where I was introduced to the...
Philatelists visiting Havana would naturally want to visit the Museo Postal Cubano, obscurely situated behind the Ministry of Communications in Revolution Squar...
While in Baracoa, have you found yourself in different restaurants getting their version of the local favourite that looks much like the last two meals you’ve a...
While on a tour of Cuba, we were lodged at Casa Elvira for three nights. This casa is conveniently located around the corner from Parque Central and the commerc...
This restaurant is set a little apart from the action of the Ciudad Viejo, but worth a visit. Located on Calle Luz near San Ignazio, it’s within an easy walk of...
Havana has many green spaces and treed avenues outside of the old city but all are part of the fabric of normal city activity. Quinta de los Molinos, situated o...
Most tourists are familiar with the towering effigy of José Martí that dominates Revolución Square. However, it is evident from the several hundred photos poste...
I returned to Casa de Zoe after a five-year absence, and am happy I did. Casa de Zoe still offers great meals and clean, roomy accommodation at its convenient l...
Anyone interested in Cuban history (and who is physically fit) should visit the Comandancia, nestled in the Sierra Maestra. Getting to La Plata presents its own...
There are two hiking excursion options available from Baracoa: the gruelling El Yunque or the manageable Parque Alejandro de Humboldt (what I call El Yunque ‘Li...
I took the Palo Verde excursion in November/’19 and was generally pleased with the ambitious day that was spent. After picking up other tourists at the Swiss Tr...
In November 2019, I spent a week here, looking for an affordable but decent place to base myself from. The bad news: I didn’t at any time get hot water during m...
This was on my restaurant to-do list but I was pleased to find so much more here. This multi-purpose facility was not in full use during my visit, but aside fro...
This was on my to-do list of attractions in San José and was worth the visit. My first impression was surprise at the modest scale of the facility. However, th...
A few nights were spent at this quirky but sweet older hotel to begin and end a GAdventures tour in April 2019. Considering that its name (as in “done in!”) see...
On my last day of visiting La Fortuna, my companion coerced me into visiting the SWT, and the reason she succeeded was that the unguided tour is only $15.00 US,...
