Family travel

First you walk through a church with no roof, gnarly roots twisting across the floor. Then you pass a building with rusty metal mining equipment attached to the stone block wall. Up a set of steps to nowhere and you have a panoramic view of the other ruins. Ghost towns in Mexico like Mineral de …

While the USA is not known for having a great public transportation system, it did in the pre-automobile age, when the trains stopped almost everywhere. Thankfully much of that system survived in the parts of the country that have been populated the longest, so you can still travel the USA’s east coast by train, especially …

When you’re traveling for an extended period or are on a budget vacation, you often choose the cheapest option available for getting to where you need to go. You have more time than money, so a little extra hassle of a crowded local bus or walking long distances isn’t such a big deal. In a …

If you hear a lot of talk and read a lot of articles about slow travel, you might think at first that it’s kind of a woo-woo thing, some new-age trend. As a cheapskate and a person who likes to avoid travel hiccups, however, I can tell you from experience that slow travel is also …

There are plenty of things to do in Guanajuato, the city that has been my adopted home on and off for more than a decade. You can sit in one of the many plazas (and have a drink in some), wander the pedestrian-only alleyways, catch a cultural performance, or even take a street food tour. …