Cynthia Dial

Cynthia Dial is a journalist and admitted addict - a travel addict - because for her, travel is like breathing, she can’t live without it. She says her office is the world, and in actuality, it is. As a travel writer she’s visited all seven continents, 60 countries, countless cities and innumerable countrysides, where she’s attempted Argentina’s tango, canoed in the Amazon and ridden a Harley-Davidson through Melbourne, all for a good story. Readers follow Cynthia around the corner and around the world as she shares the ins, the outs, the good, the bad, the funny, the sad – all the pieces of the traveling puzzle. Born a Texan, she’s a long-time San Diego resident.

Nashville – Music and More

Standing on a downtown Nashville street corner waiting for the “walk” signal, my toes began to tap. I heard music. It wasn’t coming from a restaurant, bar or nightclub, of which there are many—it was playing from the metal box controlling the traffic light. Music is everywhere in this city. … Read more

The Phoenician, Phoenix

Sometimes mistaken for a run of the mill desert town, Phoenix is in fact anything but. And while the sky may be bluer, the mountains sharper and the lifestyle simpler than most urban centers, its lack of worldliness has given the nation’s sixth largest city a bad rap. But look … Read more

Tortuga Bay, Puntacana, D.R.

“My tastes are simple; I only like the best.” (Oscar Wilde) I like the best, doesn’t everyone? With that in mind, it was during my quest to uncover the Dominican Republic’s finest that I discovered Puntacana Resort and Club’s Tortuga Bay, a private enclave of beachfront villas within the expansive … Read more

Discovering Door County, Wisconsin

When I announced my plans to visit Door County, I was asked two questions. Where, then, why? To answer the first – Door County is situated at the northern tip of Wisconsin’s mid-state peninsula jutting northward and is bordered by the waters of Green Bay to the west and Lake … Read more

Spa Boot Camp

Full disclosure: I was a daily walker, not a hiker. Give me a pair of Jimmy Choo’s with 4 ½ inch heels and the directive to cross Manhattan’s Midtown and consider it done. But put me in a pair of hiking boots and I’m out of my element. So, when … Read more

Antarctica, the Great White Continent

At the top of my travel bucket list, to use a way over-used term, Antarctica occupied the number one, two and three positions. So when I was approached about visiting the Great White Continent, I grabbed my passport, parka and camera and jumped on it. Travel to the bottom of … Read more