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Mexico & the Caribbean
Mexico & the Caribbean
Mexico & the Caribbean
“Mom, it’s a mongoose!” Ross says in a hushed voice. We watch the slender creature slink through the lush jungle underbrush a few yards from the sparkling pool, where my nine-year-old and I just had…
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I’m swimming in darkness, but I’m not afraid. The flowing water—black, slightly cool—carries me effortlessly along. Sometimes I see others bobbing around me, paddling slowly. I pass them, preferring to swim with the current, my…
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I was floating somewhere between Tortola and Jost Van Dyke, where the Atlantic and the Caribbean intermingle in a dreamy blue collage. The late afternoon sun, low in the sky, shone through a gauzy layer of…
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Large raindrops pelted the roof of our van as it climbed up a mountain road, deep into the heart of El Yunque, Puerto Rico’s lush tropical rainforest. “You won’t need a raincoat,” someone said earlier.…
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Think Mexico. Do you conjure up images of waves breaking on sandy beaches and gleaming resorts where tanned guests in sunglasses swim in aquamarine pools and hang out at the tiki bar, tropical beverage in…
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Drive to Mexico? When I proposed a trip to Mexico by car during Christmas break last year, my husband, Peter, looked at me as if I’d gone bonkers. “Do you know how far Mexico is?”…
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As the sun dips down in a tangerine sky, I drop my sandals under a sea grape tree and head to the shore for a sunset stroll, a tropical rum punch my only companion. Before…
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Choosing to visit Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city, was a bit like closing my eyes and randomly pointing to a map. Yet when I got there, it was as if I’d known all along that…
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