If you’ve ever disembarked from a cruise ship in Mexico at this time of year, then you know what that means. Maybe you know even if you’ve never been in Mexico on “Day of the Dead” weekend, which oddly enough coincides with Halloween. To the Mexican people, this is a far more serious time —… Continue reading Friday File: Día de Los Muertos
Tag: Progreso
Friday File: Beaches With A Difference
So many places visited by cruise ships have beaches, or beaches nearby, because — let’s face it — everybody’s thinking about finding somewhere warm with the coming months of winter. But beaches are more than just silk sand and warm water, as you will see from a few that we’ve discovered from cruising… Perhaps the… Continue reading Friday File: Beaches With A Difference
One of Those 'Dias' in the Yucatan
PROGRESO, Mexico — What would you say if we told you we would go to a city we never heard of…meet a history teacher whose name we didn’t know…and find out how Mayans celebrate the “day of the dead” or as the locals say Dia De Los Muertos? You could never plan that. And then… Continue reading One of Those 'Dias' in the Yucatan
Bonus for Carnival's Late Passengers
PROGRESO, Mexico — Passengers who were late returning to the Carnival Ecstasy from an eight-hour stopover in this Yucatan Peninsula port lucked out. If necessary, they could probably catch a lift on the Carnival Triumph. The two “fun ships” happened to be in Progreso at the same time. What made it more ironic than that… Continue reading Bonus for Carnival's Late Passengers