I'm back. No; nothing bad happened, just couldn't find the right combo platter of means, motive and opportunity to post. But now, here I am. Lucky you. m
Mexico's markets offer the best dried beans in the greatest variety of anywhere in the galaxy. My personal favorite are the Peruanos. They're sold mostly along the Pacific side of Mexico including the interior mainland, and you can get them in practically any size market. In dried form – in bag or bulk – they…
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…
The Caribbean side of Panama attracts a type of tourist few other places see: seafaring backpackers. That there pic of the West Holandes anchorage in Panama's San Blas islands, is a view of several vessels that serve this subset of the adventure travel community. In fact, The Fox was the only boat in this view,…
Yeah, we spent about 2 weeks of March, 2011, in the San Blas islands on the eastern (Caribbean) side of Panama. I'll just get it out of the way right now and put up this cliche photo of the exotic white-sand San Blas coral island with the happy native happily paddling his sailing cayuca to…
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…