‘Mermaid school’ is in session in Maui

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WAILEA, MAUI-“Pick a tail, any tail you’d like,” says Lila Jones, pointing to an oversized bag filled with shiny, colourful mermaid tails lounging on the creamy, butterscotch sand of Makena beach.

I feel like I’ve stepped up to a beach-based game booth where my prize is my being transformed into a sea goddess.

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Chills follow excursion into ATM cave in Belize

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NEAR SAN IGNACIO, BELIZE-“Our Maya ancestors saw caves as a portal to the underworld, often referred to as ‘Xibalba,’ which translates to ‘the place of fear or fright.’ They believed evil spirits, demons and monsters were guarding caves and only elites, priests and their entourage were permitted to access them; commoners were not allowed to go in,” says caving tour guide Gliss Penados.

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Owia Salt Pond: nature’s ultimate love child

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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Our mini tour bus skirts corners on a series of windy roads along St. Vincent’s stunning northeastern Windward Coast, where volcanic hills jut out from expanses of lush fields that overlook the Atlantic Ocean. Pastel-hued homes are scattered throughout the hills, some structurally strong while others vary in degrees of degradation or abandonment.

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