Valley de los Ingenios, Trinidad, Cuba
With Coronavirus spreading across Canada and the United States, it is only a matter of time before it hits Mexico. My thoughts on living in Mexico during the Coronavirus pandemic and the country’s greatest obstacle to battling the spread.
Continue reading Soapbox: Battling the spread of Coronavirus in Mexico
Living in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands has its perks. The island chain nation, part of the British West Indies, is a dream vacation destination and I know I’m lucky to have its beaches at my doorstep. But ask me what’s my favourite spot on “Provo” and it’s not the main attraction Grace Bay, not Sapodilla Beach or any beach. It’s paddling Mangrove Cay. Continue reading Paddling Mangrove Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands
One hundred years of solitude? How about 453. A look at a unique, isolated town in Guantánamo Province, Cuba.
Continue reading Baracoa, Cuba – Wildly weird and wonderful
MT. DESERT ISLAND, Maine — A charming smile helps, when trying to get onto a lobster boat. That, and a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. This winning combination is how I found myself on the Linda Sea out on the Atlantic one fine September day, clumsily trying to put elastic bands on lobsters. Continue reading Of Lobsters and Men in Maine
HAVANA, Cuba – Forget cigars, rum and old cars. Forget Hemingway, Fidel and Che. If there are only two things to remember about real Cuban life, it’s this: queues and ice cream. Continue reading Coppelia Ice Cream Parlour, Cuba’s Cathedral of Ice Cream
