As an avid scuba diver and nature lover, I had always wanted to visit the island of Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles. It is the location of an island almost completely dedicated [...]

The beach at Playa del Carmen can be very hot if you don’t have a cabana boy setting up your sun umbrella, but this enterprising boy found his own shade.

Many of the Mayan ruins we visited in the Yucatan had scaly inhabitants like this nearly 2 foot long Iguana we saw at Tulum.

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The night before we visited Chichen Itza in Mexico we wanted to stay a bit closer than the city of Merida. Our guidebook described the closest town to the ruins as “bleak” [...]

They did not look that impressive. The hand prints looked like simple graffiti on the wall of the cave, but they were painted there at a time that the Yucatan had more [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt of Everything-Everywhere.com about his recent trip to the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are tropical volcanic islands that are part of Spain but are located [...]

Located in the jungle in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico is the Mayan ruins of Coba. One of the more popular aspects of Coba is that you are still allowed to [...]

I loved this photo of 4 friends hanging out on the beach in Playa del Carmen. I also loved the beach itself at Playa del Carmen.

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