Maya influence remains very visible IAN STALKER  The Mexican state of Yucatan offers a look back at Mexico’s past — and then some. Senior tourism official Miguel Hernandez notes Yucatan has some 3,000 haciendas, estates that can tell of the Mexico of several centuries ago. Some of those...

Bottoms up: A new take on a Cuban classic! IAN STALKER Maria Teresa Bacallao Maceyras is inviting Varadero vacationers to quench their thirst in the same manner that Ernest Hemingway would during his many years in Cuba. Tour guide Bacallao Maceyras notes that Varadero has seen the opening of the Floridita...