After we got bounced around offshore going north from Ft. Lauderdale to West Palm Beach, Florida, we decided that our next leg would be on the dread Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). For those not in the nautical know, today's ICW is a channel about 3000 miles long that extends from Norfolk, Virginia in the north to…
Our two days in Ft. Lauderdale went very pleasantly. As terrible as the Floridians' behavior was on the water, every single person we met on shore went out of their way to be pleasant and helpful. We officially checked in to the US in person at the US Customs/Border Patrol office down by the commercial…
Wow, has it been almost a year since we sailed from Puerto Morelos, Mexico, to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida? That road trip we'd taken through the Yucatan Peninsula was one of our best road trips ever, anywhere. With that now behind us, on May 6, 2011, we checked out of Mexico* and started across the Yucatan…
I want to make clear to both readers of this blog (HIIIII!) that we made this trip I've been posting about around the northern half of the Yucatan Peninsula – a rental-car road trip loop that began and ended on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan in Puerto Morelos, Mexico – in 10 days during…
It's excellent. Fresh food in bright colors that's good for you, in tasty combinations that are found nowhere else – not even in the rest of Mexico which as you know has terrific food in general. Yucateca food, specifically, is all about handmade Mayan corn tortillas made to order, table by table, that are so…
Folks, you don't need to sail a boat to have an excellent vacation in Mexico. I've found what might be The Most Perfect Short Trip Possible. You could for example leave Chicago after work on Thursday, land in Cancun, spend Friday-Saturday-Sunday on this tour I'm about to share with you, return to Chicago Sunday night…
Puerto Morelos is a very nice town that is located about halfway between the insanely crazy insanity of the tourist towns of Cancun (to the north) and Cozumel (to the south). Save yourself some aggravation and stay at Puerto Morelos next vacation, then just take a bus, van, rental car or taxi to either other…
We chose Marina El Cid in Puerto Morelos for our entry into Mexico's Caribbean side for two main reasons: (1) we wanted a secure place for The Fox while we spent a couple weeks touring inland; and (2) we were familiar with the El Cid resorts and how they were managed, from having happily spent…
Don't get me wrong – GB and I have had good times in all the Latin American countries we've visited. Judging by our girth, the food hasn't been bad either. I recall with great fondness South America's tart, purple mora (sort of a cross between a large oblong blackberry and a boysenberry). Costa Rica's papayas…
In late March on the Caribbean side of Panama, the weather grows calmer and cruisers select from many fine travel choices. Some prefer to stay in the San Blas archipelago for, like, ever. Others work their way NW to Panama's popular Bocas del Toro and all its anchorages and marinas. Perhaps the majority of Western…