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5 Steps to Protect Your Data and Yourself

A password alone is no longer enough. Two-factor authentication, encryption, hosting choices, border crossings, and social-media privacy ...

Little did I know when I was in college that I would develop an insatiable taste for travel, a sense of wanderlust. As 2016 comes to a cl...

So you're about to take a big international trip. It may be your first or your nth. You have your bags packed, your Lonely Planet Guide, ...

Bring snacks. You can only buy food here at government run stores who have inconsistent hours and not much to choose from. Most public...

Communism has elevated the status of many citizens from what was essentially indentured servitude akin to the American share-cropper days...

During our trip, Trinidad is what I consider to be our first true dose of Cuban culture. It was also the first place we went that we had ...

The Lonely Planet Guidebook says Cienfuegos is the Paris of Cuba. I guess the French charm was lost on me. There's not a lot to say about...

I'm very impressed with the hospitality of casa particulares in Cuba. They provide air conditioning for their guests even though they the...

Today we drove from Havana to Cienfuegos. In total the drive is about 5 hours in a rather cramped can, but we had a couple of stops to br...

Interjet is a Mexican low-cost airline with its headquarters in Lomas de Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, Mexico. Although they ...

Coming to Cuba, one of the last two remaining truly communist states, I expected there to be propaganda posters and pictures of Che all o...

Great restaurant with easy access from the highway (Via Rapida). They have a private parking lot with valet parking during peak times. Th...