Inexplicable yet so fascinating how easily we can change the course of our lives (or at least our itinerary) when given the opportunity or when something pokes our interest, stimulates our senses, is aesthetically appealing or releases the free flow of emotions that make our pulse rise and the heart…
Due to its proximity to the Equator, one would expect Colombia’s climate to be subtropical. One season – hot and humid the whole year around. And it is. It is hot and it is humid but only in some parts of the country. Near the Caribbean Sea. It is also…
If there is anything locals and visitors to a ten million (plus) Colombian capital city, Bogota, can always count on; it is: The sun only shines in Bogota in the mornings – before 1 p.m. Each Sunday morning and early afternoon Ciclovía takes place in the city – a reclaim…
Isla Mujeres Of course, I couldn’t leave Mexico or even Cancun without visiting Isla Mujeres first – the very island I was advised to abandon Cancun for the minute I arrived. So, as soon as I came back from Havana I joined hundreds (maybe thousands) of other daytrippers and took a…
Previous: WiFi Challenge I was aware of about food shortages and shopping difficulties before I came to Cuba and was, in fact, advised to bring at least a couple of boxes of breakfast cereal and dry soups as well as whatever clothes I no longer wanted, especially brands, to sell…
First there was a past… then WiFi has come. There is the past and then there is the past. Cuba’s past is definitely the later. 50 years have gone (or is it 60?) yet the distinct feeling of Havana’s glamorous past and its former grandeur is still very much present. The…
Yes, I am in Havana. And yes, they are really here. The cars. The best 50-year (incidental) investment the Cubans have made? Thanks to the ingenious engineering and likewise ingenious the need-is-the-mother-of-invention maintenance to keep them running these motorized horse powers tirelessly have served their masters for the past 50…
“As soon as you arrive at Cancun… LEAVE“. What? Leave the famous Cancun as soon as I arrive? This “one and only” dream destination and one of the world’s most hyped and hot vacation spots? Yes… leave… he insisted. “Go to Isla Mujeres instead“. This is the advice I got…
The Caribbean coastline along Mexican Yucatán Peninsula is home to some of the best beaches in the world known as Riviera Maya. It is the purest, the softest, the whitest sand washed ashore by warm turquoise waters of the ocean that makes that miles and miles long coastline so special and puts…
As usual, the ferry to Chetumal departed right on time. One hour late. Conveniently, all immigration procedures (exit stamp, currency exchange) were conducted in the terminal. Disappointingly, this was the most expensive border crossing in Central America (or perhaps the world?). To exit Belize costs 20 USD paid in either…
