Luxury travel news and reviews for Mexico, Central America, and South America
Luxury travel news and reviews for Mexico, Central America, and South America
The following post about cigar tours in Central America and South America is a guest article from Sebastian Gollas, a well-known expert who contributes to Cigar Journal in Europe and works for the importer StarkeZigarren, based in Berlin. We’ve only touched on cigars now and then in this publication, even though most of them…
ByTimothy
When you look at the pros and cons of creatures on this planet, is there any worse one than the mosquito? Besides being bat food and an occasional pollinator, it’s impact is almost all negative. Besides all the general itching and annoyance, mosquitoes kill and sicken more people than any other animal or insect,…
ByTimothy
What’s the definition of “luxury” when you’ve been traveling for 8, 12, 16 hours already and you’re facing a long layover at an airport? Your hierarchy of needs probably has a whole different list of items than it will when you’ve finally gotten to where you’re going. The Copa Club Lounge at the Panama…
ByTimothy
Will this be your first time in Mexico? Are you heading down to Baja, to the Riviera Maya, or to one of the Spanish Colonial cities in the interior? If this is your first trip to Mexico, it will probably feel a bit strange, even if you’re headed to Cancun, with the usual hurdles…
ByTimothy
Has Brazil been on your bucket list? If so, I hope you heeded our recurring advice the past couple of years and already made the trip. A big South America visa change is just became official, the first one in many years. Brazil is going to start charging you a significant sum for the…
ByTimothy
While going through old posts on this blog—we’ve been publishing since 2007 after all—I found one talking about greenwashing and dubious eco-friendly claims from luxury hotels that were really doing more harm than good. Thankfully, the green hotels movement has picked up a lot of speed since then and even at the luxury level,…
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