Yesterday, National Geographic Expeditions announced an exciting new addition to its already outstanding line-up of adventurous travel itineraries.Thanks to a special license, issued to Nat Geo by the U.S. State Department, the company can now begin offering excursions to ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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National Geographic Expeditions announces tour to Cuba
Yesterday, National Geographic Expeditions announced an exciting new addition to its already outstanding line-up of adventurous travel itineraries.Thanks to a special license, issued to Nat Geo by the U.S. State Department, the company can now begin offering excursions to ...10 countries Americans need advance visas to visit
We live in an increasingly borderless world and we have access to many countries that were closed (or non-existent) 20 years ago. As reported earlier this week, Americans are especially lucky with access to 169 countries visa free. Still, there are still many countries that ...Traveler Q & A: Pavia Rosati
Pavia Rosati is the founder of Fathom, a recently debuted travel website. Fathom is smart and beautifully designed. It's full of exciting short briefs about various destinations across the globe.
Rosati, as you'll see from her answers below, is an experienced editor and ...Cuba: Nine US cities cleared for charter flights
Nine US airports have been approved for charter flights to Cuba, Reuters reported this morning. The Cuban travel agency Havanatur Celimar made the announcement on Friday.
The US government forbids commercial flights between the United States and Cuba, so all air ...Ready to visit Cuba? Better be sure about that
The good news is that, thanks to President Obama, you can visit Cuba. Policy changes encourage more contact between Americans and citizens of Cuba. The not-so-good news is that you probably won't be lounging on the beach all day and bringing back a box of Cuban cigars. Your ...Travel to Cuba? Yes, you can.
While restrictions still apply, the long-awaited guidelines defining who can travel freely to Cuba were released and made official this week. Supporters of the changes say more exposure to Americans will lead Cubans cutting the ties with their government.
The new rules ...Cuba gets broadband internet
A new fiber optic cable from Venezuela will finally get Cuba into the age of broadband, the BBC reports.
Cuba has some of the slowest Internet access in the world because it has had to rely on satellite and international phone line communication. It's also hard to get, ...Obama administration lifts some travel restrictions to Cuba
The Obama administration is going to make travel to Cuba easier than it has been in decades, the BBC reports. Students and religious groups will now be allowed to go to the Caribbean nation, which has not had normal relations with the U.S. since Fidel Castro overthrew the ...Coast Guard ships would-be migrants back to Cuba
Seventeen Cubans found at sea over the last week, some in in home-made rafts, were returned to Cuba Saturday morning. An eighteenth would-be migrant was taken to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to determine if asylum in a third country is possible.
While most ...Ten budget-friendly Caribbean destinations
If you get all your information about the Caribbean from travel magazines, you might find yourself convinced that a night's stay in the region will set you back somewhere in the neighborhood of $500. The Caribbean's super posh reputation has its roots in the region's ...Havana Good Time: A helpful new Havana travel app
Sutro Media has just released a very useful Cuba app for iPhone called Havana Good Time. Created by Havana-based travel journalist Conner Gorry, a Lonely Planet contributor who has lived in Cuba for eight years, Havana Good Time provides essential assistance for visitors ...Obama to ease Cuba travel for education
You can only go to Cuba if President Obama takes the fun out of it. He's looking for ways to ease travel restrictions, particularly for educational and cultural trips. This follows last year's liberalization of travel to Cuba for Americans with family on the island.
...Travel writer and publisher Q&A: Julie Schwietert
Julie Schwietert, known for her work with MatadorNetwork and Collazo Projects, is a writer, editor, and translator whose work bridges the worlds of service travel writing, culture, and politics. Though travel writing is a big piece of her métier, it's not its sum. ...Cuba, China to build new luxury hotel in Havana
While the U.S. continues to talk tourism with Cuba, Caribbean developers will break ground on Havana's first luxury hotel later this year, the Latin American Herald Tribune reported.
The luxe-hotel is a joint effort between Cuba and China that will cost approximately ...Next stop: Cuba's Vinales Valley
Cuba's Viñales Valley is home to the Parque Nacional Viñales, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The area is one of Cuba's top-level tourist attractions. It can be reached by bus from Havana for CUC$12 ($13), a journey that takes between three and ...Photo of the Day 5.26.10
Some jobs are just a little harder than others, but hey - if your job is selling trinkets on a beach, what could be bad? Ok, pushing the trinkets cart probably isn't the highlight of your day, but this photo certainly is! Taken by andreakw in Cuba, this photo is a great ...Cuba's Budget-Friendly Accommodation Option: Casas Particulares
Cuba's casas particulares are already old hat for backpackers and other budget-minded types hailing from outside the US.
Europeans, Latin Americas, Canadians, and others have been digging the casa particular scene since the 1990s, when the Cuban government began to permit ...Photo of the Day (5.18.10)
I love finding pictures of bicycles that have been loaded to their maximum capacity, like today's Photo of the Day from andreakw.
The photo was snapped on the shores of Cuban resort town, Varadero - one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean. Also known as Playa ...Photo of the Day (04.03.10)
People watching is an underappreciated travel pastime. In between sampling local delicacies, seeing the sights and taking countless posed photographs in front of funny street signs, we should all take more time to just observe the people who occupy the places we visit. ...Take a 1930's tour of Havana, Cuba
It's hard to imagine a Cuba different than the one we have now. You know, that country 90 miles from Florida that Americans can't visit? It's a travel embargo that's been in place over 50 years. But back in the 1930's, Cuba's capital city, Havana, was poised to take its ...
