By Jacob Alexander: Man About Town February is fast approaching and with at least 2 days of below-70-degree weather, one can only hope the sun gods bless us this month. All frostiness aside, February is, for many, the best month of the year. It brings us The Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, and Mardi Gras! Key […]
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Cruising With Cary – Beware of the “Pirate’s Cure”
By Cary Harrison American pharmaceutical advertising excels at remedies for erectile dysfunction, politely referred to on television as E.D. We have Cialis and Viagra, Levitra and Stendra. What we don’t have is the “Caribbean Cure”, often available near your quietly docked Caribbean cruise ship. And while this “cure” seems to maintain and even embolden a […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 4)
By Zachary Moses This is the fourth in a series. Click to read Part 1 , Part 2, or Part 3 I was awake ALL night. Seriously, the whole night. I had A LOT of coffee. A LOT. I’m not complaining. I had a blast! I ended up partying with the porters and cooks into the wee […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 3)
By Zachary Moses This is the third article in a series. Click to read Part 1 or Part 2 Day 4: Over the Summit and Into the…Tropics? We departed early this morning to start the trek to the base of the Salkantay Glacier. …Okay, so it would have been super awesome if I’d actually gone the whole trip […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 2)
By Zachary Moses This is the second in a series. Click HERE to read Part 1! Day 3: Continues… After checking into our Cusco hotel, we enjoyed a little free time. Outside of the hotel I saw a little girl stacking oranges in a café window across the street. She turned out to be the […]
Hiking the Salkantay Inca Trail (Part 1)
By Zachary Moses Last September I visited Machu Picchu in Peru for the first time. Before I left, I was told that I needed to stop eating gluten. What? Seriously? What am I supposed to eat? Practically everything has wheat gluten (a binding agent) in it. Since food restrictions are a common concern among our […]