To impose or not to impose..

The cultures (and economies) we encounter on the road are often severely overwhelmed, over-run, and generally…

Why do we travel?

In 2018, for our generation in America, to be is to travel. But why do we go?

Reflections from our meeting at a Communist Bloc

Week 1 Update: Cholula, cholupas and chihuahuas

What language are you speaking?

I want to be fluent in Spanish, but I don’t want to learn, not really anyway.

Cuba, in pictures

May 21, 2018 — On Havana

Havana, Cuba — In some ways, Havana is perhaps the most beautiful city I’ve ever visited. On its own, it is…

May 19 — Somewhere over the Cuban coast

Author’s note: As we were approaching Cuba’s north in the throes of pretty heavy turbulence and I gained sight of…