Mexico: Apocalypto now!
Mel Gibson has a way with cinematic experiences that talk to our most base sentiments. His film Apocalypto (2006) is testament to this. Anyone who has seen it would think the Mayans were a savage...
View ArticleCalakmul Hotel, Mexico
There was no snooze button when the howler monkeys began their early morning howl. It was an unrelenting crack-of-dawn wake-up call. But in any case the light was already filtering in through the...
View ArticleRed hot among the chilie peppers
It's one thing never to have sampled an ingredient, quite another never to have even heard of it. Yet here, spread out on the chef's table among the more familiar limes and lemongrass, is something...
View ArticleThe view?I got it from Amazon
Forget the Amazon. Just getting to our five-star eco-lodge on the riverbank was adventure enough. Not the plane journey; a quick, smooth ride from Lima, but the walk down the plank from the bustling...
View ArticleBVI: A tourist to the Bitter End
I'm taking the bus from the terminal building at Antigua to the twin-prop plane standing on the tarmac. We pull up and I get out with my luggage to board, but the door's closed. The bus driver is right...
View ArticleThe Caribbean -done differently
It didn't start brilliantly, when we missed our connecting flight from Bogota to the coastal city of Santa Marta, and ended up running around Colombia's main airport, frazzled and grappling with paltry...
View ArticleNew York's kosher restaurant steak-out
New York City has more Jewish inhabitants than anywhere in the world except Israel - almost 1.2 million. With so many kosher mouths to feed it's not surprising that several kosher restaurants have...
View ArticleNew York, New York: Core views of the Big Apple
There was a time when the best view over New York was to be had from the Empire State Building. First timers to the Big Apple would traditionally head to Fifth Street and West 34th Street where this...
View ArticleLas Vegas: Worth a gamble
Off to Vegas and not a big gambler? The city has a great deal more to offer than the ubiquitous slot machines and gaming tables.So here are five ways to have fun spending your dollars for a guaranteed...
View ArticleMexico City: A city to sing about
Images of Frida Kahlo, that nice Jewish girl in traditional Mexican dress who has become the most merchandised art icon in the world, tell you a lot about her native land. That Mexico, where the...
View ArticleDown New Mexico way
The Silicon Valley capital, San Jose, is now the closest gateway to the beauty spots, vineyards and cultural treasures of central California. But San Jose is also a great jumping-off point for the...
View ArticleLights, camera, explore
Forget Hollywood. For film buffs, all eyes are turning further north to Toronto, with the annual International Film Festival running from September 8-18.Second only to Cannes in terms of big names and...
View ArticleThe Jews of the Caribbean
I'm sitting on the edge of a fishing boat, dangling a rod in the sea for the first time in my life, when my line suddenly pulls tight. To my surprise - and slight horror - an eel thrashes in the air. I...
View ArticleTake a bite out of foodie Philly
With more history than Washington DC, a similar buzz to New York and a compact walkable centre, the biggest surprise is that it's taken so long to rediscover Philadelphia.But the city, America's first...
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