NORTHERN ITALY: MILAN, GENOA, & STRESA SEPTEMBER 11-21, 2016

(Click on the photos to enlarge them and read the captions, then use the forward arrow to scroll through the others in each series). The rise of the dollar against the euro has made travel to Europe somewhat reasonable again. And who doesn’t love Italy? I had traveled extensively there a dozen times including leading…

JAPAN IN CHERRY-BLOSSOM SEASON

JAPAN IN CHERRY-BLOSSOM SEASON April 10-26, 2016 I had never been to Asia and friends convinced me correctly that Japan was a great destination so I signed on to a tour with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). I was not pleased with the operational policies of OAT which I will evaluate at the end of the…

LIMA PERU & A VOYAGE ON THE AMAZON DISCOVERY

LIMA PERU & A VOYAGE ON THE AMAZON DISCOVERY,  December 4 – 10, 2015 Best viewed on a computer with full screen. A cell phone will not do justice to the photos. All photos by the author except that many of the photos of birds high in the trees were taken by guide Eric Pineda…

STUDY ABROAD: WHY CHOOSE MEXICO? ITS PREEMINENCE & ITS IMPEDIMENTS

This post has been revised to reflect the improved State Department advisory for Cuernavaca, Morelos, January 2016. This is an expanded and illustrated version of a paper delivered August 6, 2015, at Universidad Internacional in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, at the 2nd International Congress, Latin America: Tradition & Globalization.   Click on the photos to enlarge them. For…

A NEW JEWEL ADORNS CUERNAVACA’S CENTRO HISTÓRICO. EL MUSEO DE ARTE INDÍGENA CONTEMPORÁNEO

UPDATE: the museum was closed temporarily after the September 2017 earthquake, but as of July 23, 2018, it is again open to the public.  (Photos are by the author unless otherwise noted. Click on them to enlarge) Cuernavaca’s cultural life received a momentous boost when a sensational new museum opened to the pubic on Avenida Morelos 275, next…