Much of the hardware for the panama canals is still original hardware, but the “mules” that guide the ships through the canal have been updated from the original GE steam engines to ...

There are few moments in my life when I thought I might be capable of performing actual magic. While treading water in a bay in Puerto Rico I could lift my arm ...

Some of the best snorkeling I have done was off the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean. See the video episode Travel to Curaçao – Video Episode 25.

The Unfinished Church in St. George’s Bermuda was not originally planned to be unfinished but after construction began in 18070s, the congregation ran into a series of problems both from without and ...

The bright white painted roofs of Bermudan houses are not just decorative but functional. These roofs are kept clean because they are used to capture fresh rain water on an island with ...

In the ABC’s (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) you can see the dutch influence in some of the architecture, mixed with a Caribbean pallet of colors. This shopping area in downtown Oranjestad is probably ...

On January 12, 2010, a severe earthquake (magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale) shattered the heart of Haiti and practically destroyed the capital city of Port-au-Prince.  An estimated 270,000 people died, 300,000 ...

St. George’s Bermuda is a colorful town on the Eastern tip of Bermuda. There is a very narrow passage that cruise ships take into St. George’s harbor where the ships loom above ...

The canons outside the Maritime Museum hint at its original purpose as a fortress defending the the old Royal Navy Dockyard. The main structure on the left is the Commissioner’s House which ...

Most cruise ship companies have their own private beaches these days like this one which is Half Moon Cay in Bermuda. This is the private beach of Holland America. The private beaches ...