Finally the rain stopped and Santiago and I were very lucky as we were invited by Edwin and Selena to visit them in their lake house on Lago de Coate…

On Friday night, Santiago and I contacted each PADI dive center in San Salvador trying to find a dive to take on Saturday. We were considering a dive…

This is my second trip to El Salvador this year. I entered the plane in Altanta and as I was traveling with two work mates, we had some good jok…

Citron is very expensive, but it stands pretty tall in San Salvador. The restaurant is on the fringe of the Zona Rosa and is situated in a former res…

Blue Stone Dive Center is a PADI 5 star dive center. This place is really very nice. It's an old rock quarry that was closed decades ago because the …

I was looking forward to this weekend since Mario and I first thought of this idea over a beer in Montreal. The plan was for Mario and Lalie to joi…

    For a short weekend the Blue Ridge Parkway is a great ride. We decided at the last moment to try to drive the southern half of the…

Haven't been to Montreal since I was a child. For sure a cool city with a nice vibe. My friend Mario, when he saw I was planning this trip, offered …

Our  good friends Mike and Sharon from Motown made a last minute trip to visit me in NC. We decided to book last minute rooms in Wilmi…

Phi Phi is fantastic, I think morning is more better because by afternoon all the fast boats with the daytrippers arrive (too much crowd). You could …

I never visited the outter banks so for my birthday D took me to experience some adventure sport. Arrived late night and got lucky to book a room rig…

Another free weekend so why not check out Charleston. Wow, the architecture is amazing, food really good, beaches ok, and an excellent history. We a…

Arrived from Bangkok and checked into the Lai Kwan Fong hotel. Perfectly located in the nightlife district. Went bar hopping the first night and …

Fly into Koh Samui with Youssef. Totally open air terminal with thatch roof, very cool (reminds me of Punta Cana). A driver is waiting to pick us in …

I try to think 'who do I know that has the time and money'. Lucky for me Youssef has plenty of both LOL, and he never has traveled to Asia and was to…

Stopped overnight in Shanghai so I could have dinner with MP and Xia. Can you believe it? They gave me some red boxer shorts with a golden pig emboss…

What do you do with a little downtime? Take a weekend in Atlanta. The Georgian Acquarium was the attraction and it fully lived up to it's billing. Th…

Ah another great city, but sadly only two days of work. Just enough time for a quick walk down to the Empire State building then back up to Rockefell…

This was a Spring Break trip decided at the last minute. Our first tour was the boutanical gardens and the solarium. Lot's of walking on the mall, w…

Of course Santiago was late to arrive to the airport. Lucky for him Delta held the plane. For real. They would never hold a plane for me. Santi …

Ah Miami, one of my favorite cities in the US. Arrived early morning, checked into the Loews (really nice). The coconut palms line all the walkways, …

My first visit to Bangkok, stayed at the Grand Hyatt. This place is very nice and is the host to the Erawan shrine for it's spirit house. This shrine…

Where better to spend a weekend than Phuket? Well there maybe a few places, but this was awesome. I didn't like Patong Beach that much, it was more d…

Stayed at the Renaissance, usually the rooms are small, but they were sold out so I got a suite (sweet!). The room was very nice with a separately li…

This was a quick two day trip to Tokyo so I didn't get to see much. It was basically a tack on to my China trip. My arrival was the same as…

We toured the largest house in the US. Impressive and very nice weather too 70F. This place is in Asheville NC and is a quick stop off the Blue Ridge…