After many issues, my upcoming trip to Africa is all set to go. While I am still disappointed that I can’t include Libya in this itinerary, it makes sense for obvious reasons. I hope they can resolve that situation very soon and once they do I will surely be there. So the amended trip starts [...]
All About Visas
March 1, 2011 By 7 Comments
I get asked about visas all the time. Most people don’t understand what visas are and why you need them to go to certain places. I have friends who have bought tickets to go to normal destinations such as Vietnam and had no idea they had to get a visa beforehand and were actually denied [...]
Bad News of the Day
February 23, 2011 By 7 Comments
There’s a lot of things going on in the world right now. Much is bad and that seems to be the theme of the news in recent years. Just in the last day or so the situation is Libya is intensifying as revelations about deaths circulate and Gadhafi threatened to basically execute everyone and become [...]
Update on My Upcoming Libya Trip
February 22, 2011 By 4 Comments
I wanted to give a quick update because I have received dozens of emails and facebook messages asking about the status of my North Africa trip. It is supposed include stops in Sudan, Libya and Algeria and I am scheduled to take off in early March. As of now, I have not ruled anything out. [...]
Arrogance and Corruption in Egypt and Africa
February 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
Watching the developments in Cairo and throughout Egypt has been stifling over the past week or two. To me, it brings to light a lot of problems faced on the African continent by the people as a result of the arrogance or absolute disregard for what the public wants by its Governments and leaders. It [...]
LA, Scottsdale and Vegas Oh My
February 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
The west coast may really be the best coast (certainly the warmer coast) and I spent the last 9 days doing the golden triangle, if you will, of the left coast of the United States. Between Los Angeles/Newport Beach, Scottsdale and Las Vegas it was busy, promising, exhausting and as always a great time. Here [...]
Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater
January 27, 2011 By 4 Comments
When you live in a city like New York with a million things to do and people to see on any given night and you are away a lot, sometimes it’s easy to not do certain things or let them slip through the cracks. For many years I had always meant to go to the [...]
2011: Year of the Angry Traveler Part 2?
January 4, 2011 By 12 Comments
For my first post of 2011, I will reflect on 2010 which has become known as the year of the angry traveler. I was just reading an article from CNN which was discussing the travel industry disaster that was 2010 and aside from being funny, it was correct. From volcanic ash clouds, underwear bombers leading [...]
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year, enriched by travel, fun, family, friends and whatever it is that you want to achieve in your lives. I am home in New York City for New Years Eve tonight and am looking forward to some exciting global adventures in 2011. Thanks for all your [...]
