John Watling’s Distillery was named after a 17th century English Buccaneer, John Watling. The distillery is located in a historic house, The Buena Vista Estate, which was used in the James Bond Casino Royale movie. Tours and tastings at the distillery are activities you can participate in free of…
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Whale watching in Cabo San Lucas is a seasonal event that runs from December to April. Since I was going to be there in early March, I decided to take advantage of it on my trip.
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Originally I was going to book on whalewatchcabo.com due to good reviews. The tour cost was…
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If you are one who enjoys history, a visit to Nassau’s forts may be something that interests you. As far as I know there isn’t an organized tour that takes you to all of the forts, but this is something you can easily do on your own without spending…
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El Faro (Spanish for the lighthouse) is the lighthouse at the top of the tallest hill in Mazatlan, Cerro Creston. It is the second highest lighthouse in the world.
Currently the only way to reach the summit of Cerro Creston is on foot. This requires climbing 325 steps and…
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When looking at Freeport I didn’t find that there were very many excursion options. A lot of people were going to the Grand Lucyan Resort. The Bahamian Brewery tour and tasting sounded more my style.
I didn’t book an official tour. I took a cab and paid for the tour…
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If you just want to tour Montego Bay from a comfortable, air-conditioned bus with shopping stops along the way and time to eat lunch at either Scotchies or Margaritaville, the “Top 10 Best of Montego” may be a good excursion for you.
The “Top 10 Best” tour doesn’t actually have…
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If you haven’t been on a cruise in December, I highly recommend it. The ships are decorated the entire month so you don’t have to actually be on the ship on Christmas day to have a Christmas cruise.
I go in early December so it doesn’t impact my Thanksgiving…
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The Turtle Center in Grand Cayman isn’t just the top tourist attraction on the island, It’s also an internationally renowned sea turtle research and conservation center.
In addition to the Turtle Center I wanted to visit the limestone rock formation known locally as “Hell.” I searched multiple sites looking…
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In Grand Turk I was looking for some form of transportation without paying $100 to rent a golf cart or catching multiple taxi cabs. The Grand Turk “Hop on Hop off” shuttle, which is more of a city tour with stops than a true Hop-On Hop-Off bus, is available…
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