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Foremost is the sunset. It caught me by surprise. When that huge orange ball drops slowly into the emerald-green sea, it brings the beach areas to a halt as everyone stops to watch.
If you have been following these dispatches, you’ll know that I’m bullish on Tulum.
Foremost is the sunset. It caught me by surprise. When that huge orange ball drops slowly into the emerald-green sea, it brings the beach areas to a halt as everyone stops to watch.
I’ve just clocked over 1,000 miles exploring a stretch of coast where virgin forest carpets undulating hills. It’s dry season, but the canopy is almost luminous green.
Recently I visited Lake Bacalar, one of my favorite places on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. For me, the lake’s tranquil, multi-colored waters and the area’s laid-back simplicity are pure magic.
Mexico’s Costa Maya is everything we dream about in an unspoiled Caribbean beach. The sand is fine and white, the waters are turquoise, and the sun shines almost all year ’round.
If you’re looking for casual beach living in a picture-perfect setting, put the little town of Tulum, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, on your radar. Tulum, less than two hours south of Cancun, has some of the most beautiful beaches along this coast.
You can now leave San Jose at 9 a.m. and by noon, be at a French restaurant on Costa Rica’s southern coast, ordering delicious deep-fried brie in Blackberry sauce for lunch. Just six months ago, it would have taken all day to make the journey, and you’d barely have made it in time for dinner.
Mention Costa Rica, and most people picture surf crashing on miles of beautiful, sandy beaches or jewel-bright birds darting through mist-shrouded rainforest canopies.
There’s something intriguing about Hungary. Take away Budapest, goulash and gypsy violins, and it’s practically unknown to the English-speaking world.
