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Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Not what I was looking for, but I’d still come back for more…
Waking up and walking out onto my balcony, I could instantly tell we were in Costa Rica. I’d never been there before, but looking across the water at the lush green jungle rising straight up from the ocean’s edge, it was obvious where we were. (more…)
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Corinto, Nicaragua
Friday, November 6th, 2009
From what I hear, an interesting place to see…
A cruise vacation is a great thing, everything you need at your fingertips, seeing a new country every day… but it’s also a captive audience of germs carefully carried on-board from all over the world and sure enough, by the time we hit Nicaragua I was sick. I knew it was going to happen too, as one evening after dinner I watched a fellow guest stop four times on the way back to her room to sneeze on the wall. ON THE WALL! (more…)
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Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Buying local and lots of it.
When our ship tied up in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, it was immediately obvious that we were docked in the middle of nowhere.The ship was surrounded by thick, thick jungle with a shipping yard in the distance to the north and what looked to be a prison just to the south of us. Note the vulture flying down in front of the ‘prision’. I never did establish what it was, but there were a few too many barbed-wire fences and high powered lights to be a happy place. (more…)
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Puerto Chiapas, Mexico
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Great port, facinating city and Mayan ruins all in one day.
I slept in the morning that we docked in Puerto Chiapas, and was pleasantly awoken by the sound of marimbas and trumpets. Going out onto the balcony, I was surprised to see a brightly costumed dance troupe breaking out some traditional dances on a beautifully red bricked dock below me as the ship tied to the dock. A nice start to the day, and it was fun to see everyone on the ship hanging over the railings of every floor, waving and clapping to the welcome delegation below. (more…)
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Huatulco, Mexico
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
My favourite Mexican port, beautiful in every way.
Getting close to Huatulco on the ship was different than other previous Mexican ports in that you could hardly see the city from the water, leaving miles of stunning shoreline with small resorts hardly peaking out of the trees.
Known as one of the cleanest tourism developments in Mexico, Huatulco rejected the structured tourism develoment program of cities like Cancun and Ixtapa in favour of a greener style of development. No resort can rise more that four stories and most areas, as I mentioned, are hardly visible, leaving the landscape looking almost untouched. And with 330 days of sunshine a year, this spot is ideal for true relaxation. (more…)
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