Exploring Cancun’s Big Neighbor, San Miguel, Cozumel Island
By Rick Millikan Isla Cozumel seems to float alongside the Yucatan Peninsula’s eastern coast. Our day trip from Cancun includes a ferry ride to Cozumel’s main port, where a Mariachi quintet joyfully strums guitars, blares trumpets and harmonizes traditional songs. While fellow walk-on passengers catch cabs for leeward beaches to snorkel offshore reefs or inland […]
Riviera Maya Magnetism
by Leslie Jones Ominous clouds pass quickly overhead as torrential rains, thunder and lightening sporadically deliver an impressive show direct from the Mayan Gods. Pristine jungles, intriguing archeological sites and ecological reserves intermingle with a plethora of tourist developments spreading quickly throughout this region. Rich in history and tradition, the natural surroundings are still intact, […]
The Lure of the Iguana
by Margaret Deefholts The place is haunted, its walls filled with old memories and lost dreams. Those days of wine and roses when a torrid love affair between one of the world’s most beautiful women, and a charismatic Welshman set the town on fire. The setting is Puerto Vallarta; the couple are, as you’ve probably […]
Spain Lives in Puebla, Mexico’s City of Angels
by Habeeb Salloum Our guide’s voice came through loud and clear over the microphone as we left Mexico City, the largest urban centre in the world, for the city of Puebla. “My name is Manuel, but I’m always confused about my name. When I enter a room where my friends are gathered, I always hear […]
Acapulco Offers Visitors Natural Lagoons
by Habeeb Salloum A few kilometers past Acapulco Airport, the beach at Barra Vieja looked deserted when our group of seven stepped out of the van as it halted at the mouth of Tres Palos Lagoon. Wading through a few feet of water we climbed aboard a tourist boat moored on the sands and began […]
In Huatulco, Mexico, Eco Tourism is the Winning Ingredient
By Chris McBeath The van bumped and cajoled its way up into the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, kicking pebbles into the jungle precipice from the dirt track and lurching to a standstill every so often for us to view the local wildlife: a tarantula the size of Boris Karloff’s hand, an armadillo waddling out […]