Stealthily, the three-metre-long sandbar shark glides by. He's close enough that I peer directly into his eerie, slit-pupil eyes. The apex predator stares right back. Since he's only mildly interested in what I'm doing, he's gone as quickly as he appeared, with a gentle flick of his tail and sway of his pectoral fins. "That was Pizza," guide Juan O...

San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of California known for its beaches, parks and warm climate. California's beach city, has 70 miles of coastlineand almost 'year-round sunshine'. Balboa Park is the site of the renowned San Diego Zoo, as well as numerous art galleries, artist studios, museums and gardens. A deep harbor is home to a large acti...

Costa Maya is the first Caribbean port designed exclusively for the cruise ship industry and is strategically located just hours from Cancun on Mexico's Southern Yucatan Peninsula. Resembling an ancient Mayan City, Costa Maya, is able to berth three ships at once. However, in these early days of a gradual return to full capacity, even at one ship a...

Bear Viewing in Alaska. An incredible thing to do.​ The Anan Bear and Wildlife Observatory is a wonderful place to visit in Southeast Alaska, especially for travelers who are looking for an authentic Alaskan experience. Anan offers a first-rate, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view and photograph Alaskan wildlife in their natural habitat. A permi...

These five cookbooks (and scrumptious recipes)  have a depth of culinary goodness for you to choose from ​ Fall reads should be a mixture of books that make you want to put on a cozy sweater and drink tea or a pumpkin latte as you gaze out the window reveling in the autumn sounds of crunching leaves and the distinctive smells of the autumn sea...

I've been to the city of Ketchikan twice before on a cruise ship. Visiting it by private boat is a whole different experience. ​ Steeped in a long history of fishing, the Ketchikan area was first popular for salmon with the local Natives. It started as a mining camp, then the community began growing into what it is today, but with a few twists and ...