Yucatán, Mexico - Jan 2013
Travels throughout the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.
Posada Mawimbi - Isla Holbox
Sandcastles on Isla Holbox
Beach view from the Mawimbi restaurant.
Bar & Restaurant at the Mawimbi Resort on Isla Holbox
Bar & Restaurant at the Mawimbi Resort
Fresh calamari for lunch at the Mawimbi.
View of the Mawimbi resort on the beach
The perfect place for a hammock
Great Egret and some gulls tanning
Driving the golf cart for the day
A flock of Black Skimmers come in for a rest
A friendly Great Egret
At the very Eastern end of the Island
Holbox Cemetery.
Fisherman icon for good luck and a safe fishing day.
Ceramic sculpture
Evening walk in town
Colibri Restaurant for dinner
Famous lobster pizza at Edelyn
The changing colours of the Roselle Hibiscus flower
Fishmen's co-operative station on Holbox.
The view from the back includes two bull sharks ! (one 7 ft long)
Stormy morning in Holbox
New mayan ruin dig in Kantunilkin, NW of Cancun.
Linda excited to be on the new dig.
The view from our room at the Akumal Beach Resort.
Akumal Beach Resort - Our room top right.
The dining room right on the beach at the Akumal Beach Resort
Sandcastles on the beach in Akumal.
Path through the mangroves to the cenoté
A small cenoté in the jungle
White Ibis at the cenoté
White fronted parrot stops by the car for a visit.
The jungle canopy from the back of our hotel room.
Solomon bay south of Akumal
Fresh lobster at Chimico's Restaurant on the beach in Solomon bay
Solomon bay south of Akumal
Local toilet at Chimico's Restaurant.
Topé gaurdian.
Afternoon coffee the the funky town of Puerto Morelos, south of Cancun.
Iguana takes in the view.
Sandcastles at the ABR.
A wonderful lunch at Posada Margarita - Tulum.
Driving on Highway 307 just North of Tulum, on our way back to Akumal
The walk along the beach from the hotel into Akumal town.
Aerial view of Akumal bay. "borrowed"
Entrance to a small underground cenoté. (fresh water lake)
Cenoté with bats flying overhead.
Cenoté view.
Compositae flowers that hug the roads through-out the Yucatan.
The bees favourite for making mayan honey.
Freminville's Scorpion-Eating snake.
Coqui Coqui Boutique hotel in Coba
Coqui Coqui Boutique hotel, lagoon view
Jungle roots
Muyil town ~ Chunyaxche ruins
Muyil lagoon trip into the Sian Bioshere
Start of the natural mayan canal float
The natural current takes you away (pure bliss).
At the end of the 40 minute float. (I didn't wait to get out.)
Mini-mart on wheels
Delivering Jesus !
Behind the door ?
Stormy day at Bacalar (Los Aluxes)
Small roadside ruins at Limones
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Mini trip report.
Almost all of the places we visited this year we had done in previous years. This was a bit of a "greatest hits" tour of the Yucatan.
- A five hour flight from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada (-27c) to Cancun (+26c)
- From Cancun we took a taxi for 2 1/2 hour drive North West to the ferry terminal at Chliquila.
- 20 minute ferry ride the the Island of Holbox.
- We stayed for one week at the Mawimbi Hotel.
- While on the Island we walked, swam, visited many restaurants, rented a golf cart for the day to drive around the Island.
- Returned to Cancun and picked up our rental car near the airport and then drove South 1 1/2 hours, to the Akumal Beach Resort for a two week stay.
- Side trips to Tulum, Solomon Bay, Puerto Morelos, the Mayan ruins of Coba and Muyil.
- A wonderful day trip into the Sian Ka'an Biosphere (reserve) near the Muyil ruins, to float down a natural channel from a fresh water cenoté (lake) to the ocean.