A lot of listeners to travel with Rick Steves tell us they're eager to experience the Cuba that Christopher P. Baker has been telling us about over the years.

It's one of the least threatening countries in the world, quite frankly, and one of the most welcoming also. But relaxing the

restrictions on American travelers is already putting a strain on tourism in

Cuba. Almost every hotel certainly in the major tourist spots is already full. They are at capacity.

Chris Baker updates us on your options for finding the best of Cuba.

If you prefer to venture way off the beaten path,

Kim Macquarie has unearthed stories of the famous and notorious

in South America, from Charles Darwin to Chigwaver and even

Butch Kasty and the Sundance kid.

I think if you took Butch and Sundance back today to this area where they spent the last few

years of their lives, they would recognize everything.

I mean, there's still the Adobe villages and this old mining town.

We're finding adventures from Cuba to the Andes in the hour ahead, it's

travel with Rick Steves. One great way to connect with the locals is to speak the language or at least some of it.

Rosetta Stone is a fast fun way to learn.

It's got helpful tools like online video chats with native speaking teachers. You can take the Rosetta Stone

demo or purchase the program at a special discount at Rosetta Stone.

dot com slash Rick Steves. The Andes Mountains are the setting for gripping stories of bandits and revolutionaries, dreamy-eyed

explorers, and the remains of long-lost civilizations.

Filmmaker and author Kim McCorry shares what his travels down the spine of South America

have revealed about the notable and the notorious from Charles Darwin to Pablo Escobar.

He joins us a little later this hour on Travel with Rick Steeves.

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