My first impression of Costa Maya as I disembarked was to ask Patty; “Is this place – Costa Maya of the Mahuhual – a cruise ship port fantasy or well-developed resort that’s keeping it pretty real?” Mahahual came into existence in 1959 when the nation of Mexico gave...
Images of the Western Caribbean
Images of Western Caribbean Region – Harvest Cay, Belize: ‘Margaritaville Island’ & Ecological Wonderland
It seems that each cruise line must build or purchase their own island and version of tropical paradise. Patty and I experienced Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas that’s owned by the Holland-America Line. For more information, please access...
Images of the Western Caribbean Region – Belize City & Belizeans: A Warm Smiling Mix of People with a Soft Welcoming Voice
My first awareness of this country was during an elementary school map lesson on Central America: British Honduras was a territory in the region’s northwest corner. Belize, the last United Kingdom colony on the American mainland to still maintain s strong tie with...
Images of the Western Caribbean – Cozumel, Mexico: A Great Little Island and Getaway
Patty and I celebrated former birthdays at three all adult, all-inclusive resorts in Cancun, the Playa del Carmen, and the Riviera Maya. Two resorts were very good, the third, Secrets Maroma, was special. See...
Images of the Western Caribbean Region – New Orleans: The ‘Big Easy’ is Back and Better than Ever
I’d previously been to New Orleans three times; 1972, 1984, and 1998 but not since and wondered how the city had changed in the years since Hurricane Katrina transformed it. An estimated 150,000 of the poorest and least educated citizens left New Orleans for Houston,...
Images of the Eastern Caribbean Region: St. Maarten – St. Lucia – Barbados – Martinique – Dominica – St. Thomas – Half Moon Cay
The eastern Caribbean region includes the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Leeward and Windward chain of islands. This report focuses on six of the islands: St. Maarten – St. Lucia – Barbados – Martinique...