February 2006 Archive
Paradise is Ko Lanta
Skimming along the waves as we pass Ko Phi Phi. Unfortunately, these eight weeks have slipped away far too fast and the final blog entry is now upon me. Yet there was no better way to finish the adventure than heading to the Andaman Sea, and the tiny island of Ko Lanta — paradise by [...]
To Venice for Lunch
We didn't have a lot of time and we had less money, so we had to figure out how to do this creatively. 'An appetizer,' said Sabine, my friend and Italian speaking guide. (Sabine resides at Tuscan Casa San Francesco.) We would take the night train, spend the day in Venice, then take another evening [...]
Thrown to the Sharks – Belize City to San Ignacio
Littering brings harsh penalties on Caye Caulker Arriving in Belize was a definite change in gear from Mexico. The housing rougher, made mostly from corrugated iron, the buses of vintage quality and lacking suspension (my 'deluxe express' from Chetumal reached as far as the border and was replaced by the decrepit old bone-shaker I found [...]
Gay Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato street looking down on restaurant filled plaza Sant CafÈ, Guanajuato Colorful house in San Miguel de Allende Unfortunately the title of this article is a bit of a misnomer. The gay scene in both places is very limited. But the scarcity of information on the web and the inaccuracies in that which does exist [...]
Talking About a Revolution, Havana
Dodgy Taxi, Havana There's no mistaking which airport you are in when arriving in Havana. No sooner are you off the gangway and into the baggage claim, it seems every Cuban aboard produces a big fat Cuban cigar and immediately lights up as if asserting their right to "Cuban-ness". Public smoking laws are long way [...]
