Click logo to return to www.greatriver.com ...Steamboats, houseboats and fantastic sunsets offer only a peek at life along the Mississippi River valley! Small boat cruising is king along the river. Small boats include paddlewheelers, houseboats, and day cruising. There are few overnight cruises available, but several of the small cruising boats offer overnights in hotels along the river. Check out the JBS, the Twilight, and Celebration Cruise Lines. 
CONCISE INDEX to TRAVEL INSIGHT FEATURES for the MISSISSIPPI RIVER and other great world waterways.
Waterway Cruise Reports by Pat and Richard Middleton

MEXICO and the CARIBBEAN

 

  Mexico's RIVIERA MAYA offers a rich pallet for the history and natural history buff. The indigenous Mayan culture, the adventure of swimming in cenotes and underground rivers, exploring Mayan ruins, and snorkeling with sea turtles proved to be highlights for us.  Our third new travel report is also greatly enhanced by a rich collection of photographs.

 

DESTINATION MEXICO! 
Every year, in late summer and early fall, millions of Monarch Butterflies from the Eastern United States and Southern Canada begin a journey down the Mississippi River to the Transvolcanic Mountain Range, located west of Mexico City. How YOU can make the journey to see them clustered by the MILLIONS.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click photo to see our birding/whaling excursion to San Jose del Cabo  Just Back from ...
San Jose del Cabo on the Sea of Cortez!   Estuary Birding and Snorkeling and WHALES...

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ALASKA   FRANCE   GERMANY   CANADA   UNITED STATES MAINLAND
CHINA   SOUTH AMERICA and the Galapagos Isl.  
SPECIALTY TRAVEL: BIRDING   TRAIN JOURNEYS   HIKING   FERRY TRAVEL   RIVER CRUISING

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