Tim Weed may live in Vermont, but his heart belongs to Havana. Having led students and adults on trips to the island nation for more than a decade, Tim has come to feel at home in its dynamic capital. Check out a few of Tim's favorite things about this striking city, then add your own two cents![...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cuba’
The Radar: Travel Lately
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog each Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.[...]
March 1st, 2013 - 1:35 pm § in Destinations, Journals
Samantha Bee on Travel
As the most senior correspondent on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee scours the globe for hypocrisies to satire. No matter her target—from a clueless interviewee to the state of feminism—the sharp-tongued comedienne shoots from the hip. Here's some insight into that brilliant brain [...]
October 23rd, 2012 - 7:34 pm § in Africa Travel Blogs, Asia Travel Blogs, Australia travel blogs, Destinations, India travel blogs, Malaysia travel blogs, Mexico travel blogs, Oceania Travel Blogs, Spain travel blogs, Thailand travel blogs, United Arab Emirates travel blogs
12 of the most stunning winter sun locations in the world
Following one of the wettest summers on record, Britons are in much need of some rest and recuperation in a dry, warm and sunny climate. But where can you go for almost guaranteed winter sunshine? What are the best beaches to eat your Christmas dinne...[...]
The Radar: World’s 10 Wildest Parties, Roam Like a Roman, Local Cuba in Pictures
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back on the blog for our roundups. Photograph by Poras Chaudhary, My Shot. [...]
May 29th, 2012 - 1:15 pm § in Destinations, Journals, Kenya travel blogs, Mexico travel blogs, Uncategorized
Martha Gellhorn’s Top 5 Escapes
In a heated scene in the new HBO film, Hemingway & Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway locks Martha Gellhorn in her hotel room in Spain. He knows his lover well: with a violent war ensuing outside, she’ll step right into the crossfire if given the chance. But when the real-life Gellhorn wasn't immerse[...]
My Cuba, Then and Now
By Juan José Valdés, The Geographer at National Geographic, and the Director of Editorial and Research at National Geographic Maps. Some of the world’s most historic and picturesque cities are instantly identified by their nicknames — The Big Easy, The City of Light, The Windy City, to[...]
March 30th, 2012 - 7:08 am § in Destinations, Journals
The Radar: Insiders Guide to Seattle, 10 Cheapest Places to Live Abroad, Private Dining in Havana
The Radar: Top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the Web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back on the blog for our roundups. Photo: Shannon Radsky/My Shot[...]
March 12th, 2012 - 5:54 am § in Brazil travel blogs, Destinations, France travel blogs, Ireland travel blogs, Italy travel blogs, Mexico travel blogs, Singapore travel blogs
Top 10 holiday cocktails and their origins
We all love a good cocktail whilst on holiday, the two go hand in hand like Bonnie and Clyde or roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Ive put together this little fun list of the best ones out there, where they hail from and how they are made: Singapore Sling, Singapore This fabulous cocktail was fam[...]