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…
If you can find more than 3 days to tour Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, have I got the 2-week trip for you. The roads are all still in good shape, it's just as easy to get around, and you'll be seeing a wide range of cities and towns, museums, ruins, and cenotes. You can even find…
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…
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…
We had a long dry spell without Interweb connectivity. We sailed from Panama to Georgia with hardly the opportunity (or inclination) to post. So now I'm going to catch up, starting in Panama and moving forward the way we did in reality. Now, where did I leave off…? I'll start with Panama and one part…
The summertime climate of the southeastern US is not to my liking; it's generally too hot and humid, plus since we arrived on July 10, 2011, the area has been subject to a couple of heat waves. Daytime highs have been in the mid-90s (35C), and with the 60%-75% humidity the heat index pushes the…
Considering that we've already visited Portobello twice since we transited the Canal, a photo essay is overdue. Portobello is located about 20 miles from Colon/Shelter Bay Marina, so depending upon when you exit the Panama Canal, you could go straight to Portobello and start your Caribbean cruise at once. The mostly-jungle-covered bay has a wide-ish, deep-ish…
3/1: anchored in Portobelo 5 days. Toured town & 2 of the17th-cen. Spanish forts. Also saw the famous Black Jesus of Nazareth upon marble side altar in town church. Sculpture is well dressed w/ very disturbing eyes. Weather: reinforced trades = E winds 15-24kt. w/ occas. lt. rain showers but bay has only low chop…
Technically, January in Panama is well into Central America's "dry season" when the days are hot and sunny, and the nights near shore are usually cooled by light breezes. It doesn't rain often, or for very long; but when a rain squall does come: boy howdy. Here's what a typical dry-season squall looks like, as it engulfs the downtown Panama City high…