Everyone who visits Puerto Vallarta gets to know about the mysterious beach and wants to visit - although only a lucky few can. Puerto Vallarta is a resort town on Mexico's Pacific coast, in Jalisco state. It is known for its beaches, water sports and nightlife scene. The cobblestone centre is home to the ornate Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe church, ...

Somewhere between Emerald Bay and Seal Rock we achieve ocean-kayaking nirvana. The sun is burning off the morning marine mist and we're slicing through the smooth Pacific, at one with nature, counting ourselves lucky to be in this surreal Southern California setting. My son, Alex, and I are on La Vida Laguna's two-hour Ocean Kayak Eco Tour just off...

Hunting for conch, and making ceviche out of it, is a highlight of a trip to this Caribbean paradise. Captain Calson 'Rice' Williams jokes that he'll have to kill me if he tells me what the secret ingredient is. And then, on my prompting and at risk of death, he reveals it's Sprite. Yes, a couple of liberal lashings of the soft drink is what makes ...

Los Angeles is inviting Canadians to #StartYourComeback for a diverse roster of experiences. I'm no star quarterback like Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams. But, let me on the football field of the Ram's SoFi Stadium and I can triumphantly complete a five-yard pass. You see, my wife, Kerry, and I are on the SoFi Stadium Tour (US$30). The hig...

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...

With travel opening up across Canada, now is the time to visit Montreal for its big-city French flair. Montréal, the largest city in Canada's Québec province, is located on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart. After being starved of air travel for the past 17 months, we board an Air C...