Legal Travel to Cuba New travel restrictions were issued by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on June 4, 2019, to take effect the following day. The most important change is that cruise ships are no longer allowed to sail to or from the U.S. to Cuba. The second biggie is the elimination of […]
Greetings! We thought you might be interested in viewing an online video interview with Steve Anchell. The interview was conducted by Alex Schulz at photographytalk.com. Photography Talk has chosen Anchell Photography Workshops to be included in their list of best photography workshops of 2018.
Trailer for David Watson: Dr. of Bebop Congratulations are in order. My documentary short, David Watson: Dr. of Bebop, has been accepted in a second film festival. It first appeared in the February 2018 Philadelphia Film Festival, and now it will appear on October 28 at 12 pm, in the Portland Film Festival. In this […]
MindShift Gear: Think Tank Photo’s Brand for the Serious Outdoor Photographer Who would have thought that a conservation photographer’s strongest shield would be a roll of toilet paper? And yet, says MindShift Gear’s co-founder, renowned conservation photographer Daniel Beltrá, he never ventures into the wilds of the Amazon without it. Operating at the extremes of […]
Death of the DSLRFor me, the timing of the Nikon Z 7 and Z 6 release could not have been better. The manuscript for my new book, Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras: Getting the most from your MILC, was in the early stages of production when I learned of the release planned for August 23, 2018.The […]
Kwilt Shoebox Plus Personal Cloud Storage The Kwilt Shoebox Plus is designed to create your own personal cloud device anywhere in the world you have internet access. It can even be used in Cuba where wi-fi is a touch and go proposition. Of course, in Cuba you must have the touch in order to go. […]
Dear Colleagues:You might be dealing with travelers who are concerned over the current situation with Cuba and are perhaps concerned about traveling there based on recent announcements and media coverage. Vaya Sojourns feels that it is our ethical obligation to share with you the facts that we have uncovered while intensely monitoring this situation in the media and also within our own inside […]
The U.S. State Departments travel advisory has people concerned about traveling to Cuba. The State Department has gone so far as to say that due to the reduction in embassy staff “the embassy would not be able to assure our security.” While pronouncements of this sort by our government should be taken seriously it needs […]
Perhaps the most exciting change for visitors to Cuba are the culinary changes taking place. To learn more, read this article: Change brings culinary revolution to Cuba
The Impact of Tourism on Cuba Commentary by Steve Anchell © 2021 Steve Anchell. All rights reserved. As someone who has traveled legally to Cuba and led twenty-five workshops since 2001, I can attest it is almost as easy for U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba today as it is to visit Mexico. Almost, as […]