If you’ve been debating a trip to the tropics this Winter, I can offer some advice about countries that I’ve visited. Mexico (specifically the Yucatan Peninsula), Belize, and Costa Rica.

I hope these articles are helpful to you in choosing your destination. It’s by no means an exhaustive list of what I learned during my trips. So, please, ask questions in the comments section, or send me an email at chris [at] chrispommier.com, and I’ll answer your questions as quickly and thoroughly as I can.

Where to?
How to choose a tropical destination

• Three Things I learned in Belize, plus One
• 4 differences between Belize and Costa Rica

What to visit while you’re there.
Example Itineraries

• You Better Belize It!
• Belize Itinerary, with Pictures
• Our Costa Rica itinerary and some highlights from our trip

Nearby Belize: Cancun, and Cozumel
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

• Cancun International Airport to Playa del Carmen
• Playa del Carmen and Cozumel

A view from the tropics:
Pictures and photos!

Costa Rica, 2008
585 photos

Rainforest
277 photos

Reef
39 photos

Ruins
97 photos