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Caving at Rio Secreto – The Most Exciting Adventure of My Life
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 7 October 2011
The first time I stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon I couldn’t stop thinking what it must have been like for the very first person who saw it. I imagined an American Indian emerging from the dense pine forest that surrounds the canyon and stopping in his tracks, overwhelmed by the vista that [...]
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Living the Good Life on Mexico’s Riviera Maya
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 4 October 2011
Faithful readers of Hole In The Donut Cultural Travel know that I am no fan of all-inclusive resorts, so when Iberostar Resorts invited me to be part of a press trip to Mexico’s Riviera Maya, I thought long and hard before accepting. My previous experiences with all-inclusives have left a bad taste in my mouth [...]
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Artistic Underwater Museum: MUSA
Blog: WildJunket - 3 May 2011
This is a sponsored guest post by Karly Code. The next time you go scuba diving, you can see a whole lot more than just fish.
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Go Now! – Isla Holbox, Yucatan, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 20 August 2010
Your Isla Holbox adventure starts before you even get there with a 30 minute passenger ferry ride. Once on Holbox (pronounced hole-bosh), we loaded our bags onto a golf cart (cars are not allowed on the island) and headed for the Holbox Fly-Fishing Lodge which is run by Great Alaska International Adventure Vacations.
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DÍA 16: DESPEDIDA Y CONCLUSIONES
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 19 August 2010
Nuestro vuelo salía a las 11.30 de la mañana y para estar allí con tiempo nos levantamos muy temprano. Para ir a la estación de autobuses, esta vez no hicimos el primo y fuimos en taxi. En Playa del Carmen, los precios de los taxis no están regulados y hay que negociar, pero como hay mucha competencia, no suelen ser muy caros. A nosotros nos salió por 20 pesos (1,20€) hasta la parada de autobús.
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Libre Travel to Cuba?
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 13 August 2010
Some of you may have read our previous post about Cancun and wondered why we were in Cancun in the first place. Well, we were in Cancun to attend the 2010 US Cuba Travel Summit which was organized to bring Cuban travel providers and Cuban government overseers together with travel providers from the US and Canada eager to strengthen or create inroads into the Cuban travel market. It was also organized to provide a platform for sharing opinions and projections about the future of the US government’s ban on travel by its citizens to Cuba.
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Love/Hate – Cancun, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 12 August 2010
Anyone who’s been to Cancun (and even some people who haven’t) will tell you that there are a lot of reasons to love Cancun and a lot of reasons to hate Cancun. You have to love the beach which is one of the most spectacular stretches of white sand snuggling up to impossibly blue water that you’ll find anywhere in the world, especially after this year’s completion of a US$71 million beach rehab.
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DÍA 14: LAS RUINAS DE TULUM Y EL GRAN CENOTE
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 11 August 2010
Ese era nuestro último día entero en Tulum y, de acuerdo con los pronósticos, el día se levantó con claros y nubes. En la agenda teníamos visitar los highlights de Tulum: las ruinas mayas y algún cenote de los muchos que hay por la zona. Para llegar a la zona de las ruinas desde la parte «eco-chic» de Tulum se puede alquilar una bicicleta o ir en taxi. Nosotros nos decantamos por el taxi porque si llovía, como parecía que iba a ocurrir más tarde, no apetecía ir en bici.
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DÍA 12: TULUM ¿BIENVENIDOS AL PARAÍSO?
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 11 August 2010
Tras dieciocho horas de autobús, finalmente llegamos a Tulum en la famosísima Riviera Maya. Íbamos en busca de sol y playas paradisíacas y lo único que encontramos fue un temporal de lluvia y viento. ¡Perfecto! O sea que nos hemos dado un palizón para nada...
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All-Inclusive (almost) All the Time – Riviera Maya, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 9 August 2010
These days “all-inclusive” doesn’t necessarily mean impersonal service and mediocre food. In Mexico’s Riviera Maya, the brief but densely-hoteled strip of coastline between Tulum and Cancun, all-inclusive can actually mean anything you want it to mean. You just have to find the right resort for you. We were lucky enough to spend time at three very different all-inclusive resorts (and one uber boutique hotel) on the Riviera Maya and here’s our take on which resort is right for which traveler.
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DÍA 13: VALLADOLID, EK'BALAM Y EL CENOTE DZINUP
Blog: Diario de a bordo - 6 August 2010
Tampoco es que nos diéramos un gran madrugón ese día, pero a las ocho de la mañana ya estábamos en la zona de la playa esperando que algún taxi o el colectivo (que, por cierto, sólo hay dos al día que conecten Tulum con la zona de la playa) pasara por allí. Como era de esperar, a los cinco minutos pasó un taxi que nos llevó a la estación de autobuses por los 50 pesos estipulados.
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Mexico’s Mini Miami – Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 5 August 2010
The day after we checked into the Deseo [Hotel + Lounge] in Playa del Carmen a group of guests arrived from Miami. This begs the question: why come to Playa del Carmen from Miami when Playa is, essentially, Mexico’s Mini Miami with chic shops, great bars, restaurants and clubs and a long, wide beach just emerging from a multi-million dollar rehabilitation?
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Wet, Wild and Woo Hoo – Riviera Maya, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 2 August 2010
It’s true. Mexico’s Riviera Maya on the Yucatan Peninsula is full of white sand beaches and true blue Caribbean water. But the jungle in the area is also dotted with an unknown number of cenotes which offer gorgeous ways to get wet and cool off without waves, sand or salt. Cenotes are basically sinkholes. In the Yucatán Peninsula they’re usually caves that have become flooded causing the roof to collapse which often exposes an almost perfectly circular opening to the sky above giving people and animals easy access to the water below. And what water!
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Muchos Mayans – Tulum & Cobá Ruins, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 29 July 2010
We’re not archaeologists. We didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn last night (though, alarmingly, there is a Holiday Inn not far from here). And yet we’re making a bit of a career of visiting the half-eroded cryptic remains of previous civilizations here in Southern Mexico. One of the most famous piles of rocks in all of Mexico is what’s left of the once-mighty Mayan city of Tulum (51 peso entrance fee). Eric was here more than 15 years ago and he remembers a place that still felt a bit wild–a bit Indiana Jones.
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Beach Boom – Tulum, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 22 July 2010
Tulum has been a major travel destination for years and the place has gone through many changes and much growth. The town of Tulum itself still feels like a Mexican town bisected by a highway. Yes, a shade more touristed than most Mexican towns but with enough local tourists from around the country to keep it real. The beach area of Tulum is where the big changes are most evident and most ongoing–so much so that we stayed for an extra week to check it all out. We were lucky enough to call La Zebra home for the first few days.
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Bye, Bye Belize – Quintana Roo, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 19 July 2010
We loved our three weeks in Belize. But soon it was time to return to Mexico where, for some reason, they keep giving us tourist visas. We’re on our fourth (count ‘em) six month visa at the moment. We’d driven straight past the Laguna Bacalar area on our way to Chetumal on the border between Mexico and Belize and upon our return from Belize we took the opportunity to actually stop and check it out. At 35 miles long, Laguna Bacalar is the second largest freshwater lake in Mexico.
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Our Latest Work: Resort-O-Rama in Belize and Cancun
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 29 May 2010
Our most recently published pieces take you to two very different resorts on two very different beaches. Get the latest about the brand new casitas and huge infinity edge pool at Matachica on Ambergris Caye in Belize here. And go inside the thoroughly grown up world of the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa in Cancun, Mexico for a top to bottom property profile here. Related posts:Road Work – Cancun, Mexico Our Latest Work: An Airstream for Everyone Our Latest Work: 3 Deals on Meals, 2 Countries and 1 Brand New Boutique Hotel
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Is It Safe To Visit Mexico With A Baby?
Blog: Have Baby Will Travel - 16 September 2009
A lot of people are nervous to bring their little ones to tropical destinations for a lot of reasons – strong sun, possible bug bites, different water… but the latest illness that’s scaring people away (especially from Mexico) is H1N1 or Swine Flu. It is scary, and the fact that it’s now a global pandemic [...]
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