After three eventful days in Havana, we booked a taxi colectivo to take us the to Viñales, the tobacco country of Cuba. Based on all the cars we saw while walking around Havana, we weren’t surprised when the massive green tank pictured below rolled up. We were surprised though to find Mariah Carey’s greatest music […]
Havana Nights
After nearly 12 months and 51 countries, we knew we’d have to end our round-the-world trip with a bang. And for that reason (as well as the geographical convenience), we chose Cuba as our final destination. Cuba is just beginning to open up to American tourists, and so we wanted to rush to Cuba before […]
Mezcal and Movie Scenes in Mexico City
Chris and I were both excited to go to Mexico City after learning that the New York Times named it the #1 place to visit in its “52 Places to Go in 2016.” We knew that we planned to visit Mexico en route to Cuba, our final destination on our RTW trip, but prior to […]
A Costa Rican Family Vacation
After a quick stopover in Chicago en route from Sydney to Latin America, I arrived into Liberia Airport in Costa Rica just in time to meet my parents, aunt, and uncle who arrived from Detroit. My family had a pretty tight radius within which they were willing to travel during the short time allotted by […]