Meeting the locals around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica

Meeting the locals around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica

I can’ t stop thinking about Delta when we return to our Bluefields Bay villa overlooking the sea served breakfast—a traditional Jamaican concoction of saltfish with vegetables cooked in coconut milk called Rundown.

Exploring the area around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica

Exploring the area around Bluefields Bay in Jamaica

Our driver Percy Baldwin first takes us to the Black River—at 44 miles the longest navigable river in Jamaica. We’re only going to cruise for about an hour down the pristine river where Crocodiles and birds live and mangroves grow.

Bluefields Bay Jamaica — an unresort-like resort

Bluefields Bay Jamaica — an unresort-like resort

Welcome to Bluefields Bay Villas—the most unresort-like resort I’ve ever visited — in Jamaica, about an hour and 15 minut4es drive from Montego Bay in the small community of Bluefields Bay.

When a hotel is more than just a place to sleep

When a hotel is more than just a place to sleep

Where you sleep, eat breakfast and meet other travelers, after all, can be just as memorable as what you’ve seen that day and that doesn’t necessarily mean the hotel has to be the most expensive one in town either. It could be a hostel, or even a tent…

There’s more to Puerto Rico than the beaches

There’s more to Puerto Rico than the beaches

It is pitch black and we are kayaking through red mangroves, trying to dodge the roots, on our way to the Bioluminescent Bay Laguana Grande at Las Croabas, Fajardo in Puerto Rico—one of three on the island, I learn from our guide Joel from GSI Adventures.

Tired of cooking turkey? Try a Thanksgiving destination

Tired of cooking turkey? Try a Thanksgiving destination

Whatever the reason, it’s not too late to turn Thanksgiving into a mini vacation with the kids. You’ve already got half the week off from work and school anyway. Tell the relatives you’ll see them at Christmas or, if you like them enough, invite them along.

To Aulani, Disney’s First Hawaii Resort

To Aulani, Disney’s First Hawaii Resort

Disney employed more than 100 local consultants to advise them on everything from storytelling to music to architecture. Local fish and produce are served at the resort restaurants and children can learn to snorkel with Hawaiian fish in the artificial Rainbow Reef.

Dreaming BIG when you take the kids

Dreaming BIG when you take the kids

Even in the same family, travel styles—and travel dreams—differ widely. One person’s dream is another’s nightmare. You know what I’m talking about if you’ve ever been backpacking with someone whose idea of roughing it is a hotel without a blow drier or room service.