After seven weeks living in Guatemala City, I’ve got something to say. We’ve all been lied to. Every day. From the news media and even from our government. Guatemala City is dangerous. You shouldn’t go there. Even the U.S. State Department has had it at a “Level 3” travel advisory and just this week (because […]
Travel Logs
Landed in a Sweet Spot in Guatemala City
As a lifelong tennis player, I was always taught to find the sweet spot – the point on the face of the racket between the middle and tip that propels the ball with more power and less vibration to the hands. Well after landing in Guatemala City on Tuesday afternoon, I think I found the […]
Discovering Bermuda
Bermuda is a small island that appears to be lost on a map in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. And it almost was. In 1505, a Spanish explorer, Juan de Bermudez, captain of the Spanish vessel La Garza, is reported to have seen the island on a journey between Cadiz, Spain and Mexico. He […]
The Rock Boat Continues to Deliver Experiences for a Lifetime
After getting off The Rock Boat, I always have so many friends and family ask me how it was. I often repeat the line I’ve heard over and over again from Ken Block, lead singer of Sister Hazel: “For those on the outside looking in, it’s hard to understand. For those on the inside looking […]
Finding Inspiration at the Bermuda Entrepreneurship Summit
The Bermuda Entrepreneurship Summit was created by Jared Kleinert and he opened up the Summit there in late November by welcoming us all and telling us we would encounter many unexpected things while also learning how we can better ourselves and our own entrepreneurial activities. Jared then introduced Bermuda’s Minister of the Cabinet, Wayne Furbert, […]
Food, Fellowship, and Mezcal
As I detailed in my previous post, we had an incredible Saturday in Mexico City that included walking through many of the parks, visiting the main plaza, and making a pilgrimage to the shrine of the nation, perhaps the holiest site in all of the Americas, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. When we […]
The Miracle in Mexico
After a great first two days in Mexico City, as mentioned in my previous short article, we woke up to an absolutely gorgeous Saturday morning in Mexico City. At Joe’s recommendation, I walked about 7 minutes from where we were staying at Hotel Posada Viena over to Café NiN to have breakfast at close to […]
Meet Me In Mexico City
This year, I visited the land of the Maya in Guatemala in May; I went to the land of the Inca in Peru in June/July. And now, in November, I headed to the land of the Aztec in Mexico City. While I have previously been to Cancun and other Mexican cruise ports like Cozumel and […]
The Machu Picchu Experience: Expect the Unexpected
On Tuesday morning, July 2, we departed from Cusco towards Aguas Calientes, the town near Machu Picchu. James, Jessica, and I walked about 12 minutes from our hotel in Cusco over to the train station. From there, we were actually getting on a shuttle that would take us on a two-hour drive to Ollantaytambo, where […]
Discovering Montreal
I arrived in Montreal on Wednesday (August 21) just before noon. I must first say up front I am very thankful especially to my brother Tony who made many great recommendations. He and his wife Ann visited this city a few years ago, and with the help of some of their friends, were guided to […]