Belize is the northeastern most country in Central America. It is known for its UNESCO World Heritage Site, Belize Barrier Reef, the world’s second largest. Darwin said it is “The most remarkable barrier reef in the West Indies”, and Jacques Cousteau said its Blue Hole is one of the top 10 places to dive on the […]
Costa Maya lies in far Southeast Mexico, in its eastern most state, Quintana Roo, the only state with the Caribbean on its eastern border. I couldn’t figure out why we turned our clocks forward tonight to go to Belize which is just south of us. Well, in 2015 Quintana Roo voted to change to eastern […]
What a magnificent and fun day my GF Linda and I had at Playa Mia Grand Beach and Water Park. We left the husbands behind in order to attend a Mexican Cuisine Workshop. The day was enjoyable, informational, and such just a blast! The chef INSISTED we begin the lesson with margaritas, cerveza, sex on […]
We have been to Key West several times, and it has always been a blast. Just checking out the marina is fun. It is a fine place just to walk around even if you not in the mood for heavy duty sight-seeing. Open air bars always make a city lively. Everywhere you turn, there is […]
Today in Antigua I did a Photographic tour. I thought there would be major instruction, but it was more of a “Here is a pretty area. Take a pretty photo and we will tell everybody how great they are” type trip. At least we stopped at a few interesting places. The first stop was Fort […]
We spent our morning at Tia’s Hot Spa, one of over 50 natural sulfuric hot springs on the island. There are 19 active volcanoes in the Caribbean and 9 of them are in Dominica. The hot springs are caused by volcanic seeping up from below. This release is why they shouldn’t erupt for ages. The […]
Four weeks ago we were here and had a great tour in and above the rainforest. Today we opted for a low-key trolley tour. Isn’t it the cutest? Leaving the pier, we had a nice shot of The Mariner. Our first stop was at a park where we saw a 500-year-old pink mimosa. I thought […]
By now people who follow Allyn and me, know that our three-month Grand Voyage on Crystal Serenity was halted abruptly after two weeks when the ship owners said they were out of cash and unceremoniously dropped us off in the Bahamas and we had to ferry to Florida so that their creditors could not seize […]
Being in between cruises in Miami (see tomorrow’s blog), we took the opportunity to have dinner with friends Barbara and Ted in Little Havana. For 50 years the iconic Versailles Restaurant, “The World’s Most Famous Cuban Restaurant” has been ground zero for Miami’s Cuban exiles. Besides the outstanding and totally authentic Cuban dishes, that is […]
Costa Rica is a small country (smaller than 42 of our states). We had a beautiful relaxing tour which really hit the spot after several days of stress learning that our ship, Crystal Serenity, is broke and dumping us off in Aruba. Everybody seems to like them. They haven’t had a military in over 60 […]