June 30, 2016
After the day off, we decided to pull out the stops. This part of the world (confluence of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea) is known for Whale Sharks. We joined a boat tour to “swim with the sharks”. It was awe inspiring and scary. A highlight of the entire trip.
After the great Whale Shark experience, we deserved a quite dinner on the beach, and a beautiful sunset.
June 30, 2016
Lazy day, hanging out at the beach, riding bicycles into town. It is worth noting that there are no paved streets on the island, also that it is very hot all the time. The temperature was in the 90’s every day and of course being near the ocean, quite humid. One gets use to it, and the solution is just to not move around much, or get into the water at every opportunity. A perfect excuse for vacation life in the islands.
How we spent most of our time in the Caribbean.
June 28, 2016
1st full day in Holbox. Decided that a boat trip sounded fun. Chartered a small boat to take us on a 3 hour tour (couldn’t help but think of Gilligan’s Island). Visited a number of locations on the boat, including Passion Island, Fuente de la Juventud, Flamingoes’ wading along the shoreline.
June 27, 2016
We arrived in Isla Holbox (pronounced OL-BOS, in Mayan dialect) after a 2 1/2 hour ride through the jungles of Northern Yucatan. Beautiful, hot, sandy spit of land off the coast of Yucatan, across from Cuba. A short ferry ride across Yalahau Lagoon, put us in the town of Holbox, population 2000. The Seagulls are fighting over dead fish at Raices Restaurant, which is on the beach. Everyday at Sunset, a Mayan who works at the restaurant blows a conch shell to the setting sun.
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