Malecon is a Spanish word for boardwalk, or embankment, or esplanade. And there are a number of famous Malecons – the most famous is probably in Havana, Cuba (the 8km long Avenida de Maceo). Other Malecons include Mazetlan’s which is 21km long and a collection of roads and avenues. It’s not, strictly speaking, a…

This week’s travel theme is Mexico and we are going to consider the similarities – and the differences – with its neighbour to the north. At roughly the same time as kids in the US are celebrating Halloween, south of the border it’s the Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos. But while there…