Monthly Archive: December 2016

Heart of Havana – Part 1: Centro y Vedado

Cuba now reveals its multiple personalities. Yesterday was Old Havana, today was at the heart of Havana: in Habana Centro and next to it, Vedado, the more contemporary ‘hood of the three. Internet was exasperating,...

Heart of Havana – Part 2: Hotel Nacional

 Hotel Nacional  We continued walking from Callejon de Hamel, turned into Calle Infanta, onto Malecon. We passed by a dance studio teaching salsa. Stopped by to check it out. There’s a class about to start...

Cenote Azul

Puerto Aventuras and Stunning Cenote Azul

Puerto Aventuras was an unexpectedly romantic stop and revealed to me the most beautiful cenote so far, Cenote Azul. I am glad this was our final stop in Mexico! I couldn’t have asked for...

Finally Havana!

Havana, Cuba Outward Bound Cancun to Havana We got to Terminal 2 at the international airport around 1.30 to check in at Cubana. No wonder we were told by the Enterprise driver when we...

Women of Havana

The Women of Havana I enjoyed the people watching while having coffee and dessert. Women made my head turn, not the dudes. Women wear short shorts highlighting their round butts. They wear tank tops...

Aktun-ha Cenote

800AD Coba and the Ice-Age Underwater Chamber

Every once in a while I get disappointed by the places I most look forward to and end up enjoying the best of my travels by stumbling onto places I never planned for let alone,...

Las Coloradas

Rio Lagartos, Las Coloradas and the Pink Sea

I came back to Mexico after 4 years, not only to see cenotes, but to see the pink sea of Las Coloradas in the northernmost part of the Yucatan, Rio Lagartos. What I didn’t...

X'canche

Ek Balam and X’canche

  I was ambitious in thinking that we will be at Ek Balam  and X’canche by 8AM. We got up earlier today and had breakfast at 7:30 am. It was already 8 am by...