Ask any local about Cancun and they’ll tell you it’s not the real Mexico. It’s a metropolis of foreign-owned, all-inclusive high-rises available on package holidays – somewhere designed as an easy fly ...

The kitchen in Antigua's Casa Popenoe. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann LAKE PETEN ITZA, Guatemala -- Tikal is arguably the finest excavated Mayan city in Central America. Seeing those ruins was my ...

Whether trekking up volcanoes, exploring Mayan ruins, or traveling via tuk-tuk to cutesy lake towns, Guatemala has something for everyone. During my visit to Guatemala in mid-August, I was struck by ...

What's good about it? Cozumel, an island in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, offers intriguing glimpses into ancient civilisations. Explore the pre-Columbian Mayan religious site of ...