We make our way through the landscape on a small road that meanders through and past the limestone hills, tall white barked palm trees that are the symbol of Cuba (other than Che Guevarra and Fidel Castro) and red fertile…
Bus ride through the countryside to the colonial city of Trinidad in Central region of Cuba.
The bus which is very comfy, leaves at 7am for a 7-9 hour drive to Trinidad. It makes a few stops along the way and we meet some of our fellow travellers. Mostly from Europe and in particular many seem…
Destination Vinales, Cuba – of majestic and distinctive limestone mountains
“Mogotes” are cavernous cone shaped limestone hills that are distinctive of this region. A mere 2 hours drive from La Habana, Vinales offers an infusion of bucolic splendor. …
Heading West ~ time to explore the country side ~ Las Terrazas eco community
Las Terrazas is described as an ambitious 1950s project to develop a self-sustaining eco-conscious community, at the time when Al Gore was still hitting the books at Harvard, and long before any meaningful awakening of environmental consciousness in the United…
Cuba – improvising a string of Casas Particulares “on the fly”.
We always face a trade off when planning a trip, between securing lodging in a foreign land, and staying flexible to shape our trips “on the fly”. We are notoriously bad at advanced planning, but this time, due to CO2…
Impressions of Cuba ~ Flashback to the 1950s
This is the first of several blog entries that will give some insight on our just completed trip to Cuba. . We had a PHENOMENAL time and blew out of the window oh so many misperceptions, inaccuracies due to caricatural…
Empty Nesters in Nicaragua: an Evolving Narrative
Five years ago when we first came to Nicaragua and purchased a falling apart house in the Granada historical district, one of our intentions was for this to also be an investment in our children’s future. Not so much a…
“Built to Last” Agora blog entry on CO2 Bambu
I met Ben Sandzer-Bell, founder of CO2 Bambu, a few weeks into my internship with Agora when he dropped by our office between meetings with potential funders and USAID representatives. What struck me instantly about Ben was the sheer enthusiasm…