I can’t believe it’s been almost six months since my third trip to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and I haven’t put a blog post up. I’ve written about the trip, but not for this blog. Anyway, my excuse is my time’s been spent on awesome social media projects. I love social media as much as...
“The world will not end on December 21, 2012. Instead, the Mayan Long Count calendar will begin a new cycle at 13.0.0.0.0. ” So says Miguel Angel Vergara, a highly regarded Mayan Priest and author of several books on the Maya. With so much hoopla surrounding 2012 and the end of the world, I was...
One of my favorite destinations in France is the pretty village of Cassis, about 30km away from Marseille. Quiet and gorgeous, Cassis is a small fishing port with a photogenic harbor, quaint medieval streets, and picturesque views of the sea that have inspired artists such as Raoul Dufy and Paul Signac. Nearby Cassis...
I recently spent a week in Singapore for a workshop. It must have been at least four years since I last visited the small city country. It’s as clean as ever, yet so much has changed since I was a resident here ten years ago. Orchard Rd used to be the hub, now it...
I can’t stop raving about Tulum’s beaches since I visited the Riviera Maya and stayed in this mellow beach town for a few days. Out of this world breathtaking and magical, Tulum’s constantly on the world’s best beach list by MSNBC, Travel & Leisure, TripAdvisor’s, CNN, etc – it’s easy to see why. Tulum...
It was the legend of Ixchel, the Mayan Goddess of the Sea, the Moon and Fertility that beckoned me to visit Mexico’s Isla Mujeres, which translates to “the isle of women” – named for the many statues of Ixchel found by the Spanish when they arrived on the island in the 16th century. As...
I’d always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon but never made the drive there till recently, when I heard that this wonder of nature would be on the direct path of the May 20th annular eclipse. There had been much media hype around the event – this particular eclipse was a great subject of...
