Erik Trinidad

How biking through Bhutan acclimated me to Himalayan altitudes, and helped me understand the “Land of Happiness”

The latest offering from a classic Catskills destination, Mohonk Mountain House.

Because there’s so much to do when the snow is melted.

Get to the chopper for glacial hikes and Via Ferrata in Canada’s Cariboo Mountains

From the Caribbean to Saudi Arabia, these are the most memorable dives I've taken.

In Park City, Utah, come for the winter, stay for the summer.

It was a drizzly day in County Meath, Ireland, which is not unheard of on the Emerald Isle. Tiny raindrops fell from the sky, trajectories at the whim of a chilling breeze, not only down to the rolling hills and grassy meadows of the countryside, but into the River Blackwater, which flowed faster than usual. As the river ran through the village of Kells, the force of its current came in contact with a paddle and pushed a water wheel — just as it did some 700 years ago...

Dishes worth taking turns for across six of Utah’s mountain resorts.

Not many people have heard of the Caribbean island nicknamed Statia, let alone its full Dutch name, Sint Eustatius. Perhaps that’s because it’s one of just two mere specks on the map in the Lesser Antilles—the other being Saba—between St. Maarten and St. Kitts. However, those of the diving community who are in the know can attest that Statia, as little as it is, has much to offer with dozens of protected dive sites teeming with marine life. More than that, it’s ...

Come for the skiing, stay for the snow buggies.

nowstorm dry spells can happen at any time, and in this era of climate change, the same goes for spring-like days in the middle of winter. “Dryuary” may be the term used by those flirting with sobriety each January, but the ski industry knows it’s very much the descriptor for the lack of big dumps the 30 days after New Year’s. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort was no exception to this in the second half of that first month of 2024...

A girl in a tutu, eight years old going on nine, stood ready for her close-up, with her family nearby—cameras all pointed at her. It was a special day, and not just because it was her birthday; the birthday girl would get the honor of ringing the opening bell, not at the New York Stock Exchange, but at a place dearer to her young heart: the clock tower in the base village of Schweitzer Mountain Resort in the Idaho Panhandle...

Aside from having dumbfounding views, Le Massif de Charlevoix feels much more foreign than landlocked ski resorts in North America. This is French Québec after all, where poutine is practically ubiquitous, even in the lodge cafeteria, and there are French-influenced winter activities. For me, the most fun of these is luging, a “classic Le Massif must-do,” especially since it’s not offered by the other Québequois ski resorts.

Jason deCaires Taylor has come a long way since he started transforming coral reefs by creating underwater sculpture galleries. His first project, the Underwater Sculpture Park installed in Grenada’s Molinere Bay in 2006, was the first of its kind, drawing acclaim from around the world. It inadvertently spearheaded a movement for others to create more underwater galleries as artificial reefs...

This is the 2024 Fodor's Travel New York City guidebook with updates from Erik Trinidad, handling The Bronx—adding in a new hotel section—and Brooklyn with Staten Island, with a revamped Red Hook section, updates to the state of Williamsburg with a new shout out to the Our Lady of Carmel Feast, the old school italian-American tradition that been around for over a hundred years. Also new hotels.

Out with outdated references to Walter Matthau (Walter Mathau really?), and in with current references to the Wu Tang Clan and Pete Davidson. All that at more, in bookstores and Kindle now.