For our non-Spanish-speaking readers, that title is a little joke (“mala” means bad; “peor” means worse). We never expected to spend a week in Copan Ruinas, the small town in western Honduras that has sprung up about a kilometer from the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copan. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a… Read More
As a special Valentine’s/birthday gift, Chris bought me a “dolphin snorkel encounter” at a local resort. This place is better than most for such things–they have a group of 17 dolphins (mostly born there) who live in big enclosures out on the reef–it’s much more natural than many tourist dolphin centers I’ve seen or heard… Read More
Our travels in Central America are ending the way they began: in the water. On the second day of our trip, back in mid-January, we snorkeled on the coral reef off the coast of Yucatan, Mexico. For the past few weeks, we’ve been snorkeling at the other end of the same Mesoamerican reef—in the Bay… Read More
