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.

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

Wisconsin

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