SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The passenger vessel ferry Caribbean Fantasy was towed safely on Saturday to Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor after a fire broke out in its engine room on Wednesday. The Puerto Rico Fire Department extinguished the fire on the vessel using 3,000 gallons of seawater.
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Delta Airlines is continuing its Caribbean expansion with a major increase in service to Cancun.
The carrier will be launching new daily nonstop flights between New York-John F. Kennedy Airport and Cancun beginning Dec. 17.
Delta also announced it would be launching new Saturday service between Kansas City and Cancun, also starting Dec. 17.
The new routes come after the implementation of the groundbreaking Mexico-United States Open Skies Agreement.
Cancun’s Hotel Zone
“The new routes bolster our presence in Mexico and support our international growth strategy,” said Carlos E. Hernandez, Delta’s Director for Mexico. “Delta thanks the U.S. and Mexican governments in the signature of the Open Skies Agreement as it sets the stage for additional expansion in the transborder market. We are eager to provide Delta’s customers with more choices in the growing Mexico marketplace.”
The New York-Cancun flight will operate on a 180-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft, while the Kansas City-Cancun flight will operate on a 149-seat MD-88 aircraft.
The new nonstop flights are now available for booking.
Delta’s new Cancun flights come a week after the carrier announced a major new expansion in Caribbean service out of Boston.
Are you heading to Cancun soon?
If you’re looking to head to Cancun and the Riviera Maya, check out some of Caribbean Journal’s recent features, from the Best-Kept Secret in the Mexican Caribbean to a great family resort to an ultra-hip beach town.
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Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig returned home to a big welcome this week to Puerto Rico, following her historic women’s singles tennis victory in Rio.
Puig’s victory made her the first-ever Puerto Rican to win a gold medal for the island.
Puerto Rico Alejandro Garcia Padilla with Puig following her arrival this weekend.
“[I am] enjoying my time at home so much,” she wrote on social media Sunday. “Really happy to be here with my family and cannot wait to see everyone at the official festivities here in San Juan on Tuesday.”
Indeed, Puig will be the subject of a major public ceremony at the Puerto Rico Coliseum that day.
“Your victory is for your people a halo of light in the depths of the night,” Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla told Puig.
— Caribbean Journal Staff
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The tiny Dutch-Caribbean territory of Bonaire is big with divers, who flock to its fish-filled waters, thriving coral reefs and 89 dive sites. And there’s plenty for landlubbers to enjoy as well (see our recommendations, here). But whether you dive or you don’t, you’re going to need somewhere to stay. So here are our picks of the Best Bonaire Hotels.
Harbour Village Beach Club Bonaire’s biggest (and only five-star) resort has 34 condo-style rooms and suites, so it’s perfect for families. It’s own white-sand sweep; the waterfront, ship-shaped Balandra restaurant (order the tuna tartare); and a location just a 15-minute kayak ride from offshore islet Klein Bonaire add to its appeal.
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The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Marcia Mayne, who sent in this lovely shot of rafts on the Martha Brae river in Jamaica.
Have you taken a great photo in the Caribbean?
Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line.
It could be the next one!
— CJ
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