Monthly Archives: June 2016

Several years ago I was in Miami on my way home from a business trip. When I got to the airport, I saw on the overhead screens that my flight had been delayed which caused a lot of my fellow … Continue reading →

If you don’t have thousands of dollars to pour into a Galapagos cruise, consider Isla de la Plata (Silver Island), affectionately termed the Poor Man’s Galapagos. The island supposedly derives its name from the centuries-old buried treasure of Sir Francis … Continue reading →

Two hours north of Quito Ecuador, settled in a green valley surrounded by high Andean peaks is the colorful town of Otavalo. This area may have become yet another region noted as the Switzerland of Ecuador, were it not for … Continue reading →