Wondering if James Bond would drink here?

Think of where else on earth you can find a bar-club high above in a cave in a cliffs above the ocean below. Clearly, Cova d’en Xoroi in Minorca is not your average bar-club.  Tourist vacationing from near by Minorca, as well as, locals come for recreational activities during the day. As legend has it, the cave served…

Sometimes taking the more difficult route or the road less traveled is simply part of a grand adventure. This would be the case when I made my annual Christmas migration from my native San Francisco to what I call “my adopted country” of Mexico. For the past 12 years, I have been having a not so secret love affair with the country “south of the border.”

Having a deep affinity for “winging it” without much thought I started the journey with a drive from San Francisco to Los…

There are many reasons to travel. Some of us travel to take a much needed break, others simply to take a holiday, maybe one is on a business trip. But one thing for sure. While on your journey, you will need to eat.  Cuisine is an integral part of any local culture. Not liking the locals eats can be a valid reason not to travel to a destination.  As culinary travel is one of the fastest growing segments in the travel industry, here are some of my favorite foodie towns to enjoy one of my…

The Cook Islands are just one of 35 destinations available on the Air New Zealand Airpass

If you wish to travel to more than one destination in a specific region of the world, and can abide by a specified time frame, usually 21 to 30 days, perhaps less, then maybe an airpass is right for you. Thinking of traveling to New Zealand or Australia but let’s…