‘From Key lime pie to Mayan temples: Highlights of the Western Caribbean’ Temple of the Wind God, Tulum, Mexico. Source: Liz Sier The Caribbean has long held a fascination for me, as so many films have been based there. And given our penchant for cruising, it seemed the ideal place to go. This cruise was only five nights, with just two ports of call (Key West, Florida, and Cozumel, Mexico) and the rest were sea days. It was a great way to wind down after a long couple of travel days from Australia. Key West, Florida Think of Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, Key lime pie, conch and pirates and you have Key West in a nutshell. This Florida key juts into the Florida Straits with the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. It is joined to mainland USA by a series of causeway bridges and US Highway 1 actually starts here. Key West also claims to have the southernmost point of continental USA, marked by a monument that proclaims: “90 miles (145 kilometres) to Cuba”.