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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Tulum - including Ruins

    Jan 27–30, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    We started today with an early 8am (beat the crowds) visit to Tulum Ruins. Whilst the ruins themselves are not as impressive as others we have been to, the views of the coast and the Caribbean Sea were lovely.

    Oh and we also added Plain Chachalaca which (to quote Birds of Central America) moves through the forest in flocks with all the grace and serenity of a large bull dozer. This was exactly our experience!    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Cenote Azul

    January 27, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We visited this natural spring (Cenote) for a cool down swim, some snorkelling (saw an Anhinga take a fish underwater which was cool) and a walk around the forest. Lots of Iguanas and noisy Yucatan Jays for company.

    Video’d a short message for you all too.    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Punta Laguna Monkey Reserve

    January 27, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Last thing we did today is visit a forest which is protected for monkeys. We had already briefly seen Spider Monkeys but this time
    I had the good camera and hoped to get some shots.

    We couldn’t really afford the cost of a guide so relied on good old fashioned fieldcraft (a lot of stopping and listening) and patience to find them. First the harder to see Howler Monkeys and then a group of Spider Monkeys. Great fun and quite an adventure to spend about 90 minutes in the forest on our own searching for monkeys. Can’t do that at home.

    Very challenging photographic situation but happy with some of these.    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Cooking in Playa del Carmen

    January 29, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Today I spent a fun morning doing a cooking class. We shopped in the local area, including the tortilla factory. Tortillas (and corn) are a staple in Mexico and the price of both are regulated. All over there are these small stores that make, cook and sell tortillas. The host was great at explaining the history/origin of the food we made (including guacamole, salsa and mole) as well as making the food adaptable to make at home. I left with lots of recipes so if you visit when we get home you may get to try some.Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Diving with Bull Sharks

    January 29, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Some animals have a really bad press and sharks are top of that list. Humans kill 100 million sharks a year (to eat their fins) and they attack about 75 people a year of which 5 (on average) are fatalities.

    Sharks attack people mostly in poor visibility when they confuse us for food, they don’t have hands so they test with their mouths. Unlucky if you are one of the 75 of course. But more people die from falling off a chair or bee stings so we really shouldn’t demonise them. But they do need our respect. Which is why for this dive I chose a 5 star shark aware PADI school.

    Anyway lecture over. I just had the most amazing dive of my life. Just me this time as Helen opted out (see cooking course post). It was an advanced dive (experienced qualified divers only) descending rapidly to 25m (80 feet) and then remaining static on the floor whilst the sharks were fed and swam all around us. The sharks swam around us as we descended but always very peacefully and not aggressive at all. Still seeing the first sight of these 4m top predators was very awesome and humbling. I never felt unsafe through the dive and loved every minute. Twice a shark swam into me by accident which was quite surprising for both of us I think!

    Best dive of my life for sure. Altogether 16 adult bull sharks with us. Will be hard to top this for an amazing wildlife encounter. (I am in some of the pics look for blue watch)    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Overnight bus - Adios Mexico

    Jan 30–31, 2024 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    So after our culinary and diving adventures yesterday we drove to Cancun to return the car and then waited til midnight to get the overnight bus to Chetumal near Belize. This morning we got an Uber out to a quiet part of town where we hope to meet our shuttle to Belize city. Everything is quiet and not come alive yet at 6.30am. This is the unglamorous part of travelling, sitting on buses and waiting around, a lot.

    We found a quiet play park and listened to the birds most familiar Great Tailed Grackle, Brown Jay, White-Winged Dove but a new one Baltimore Oriole! Nice final bird for Mexico.

    A short video is attached only 40 seconds summarising our month in Mexico. Enjoy that.

    My highlights (Michael) were Hot-air Balloon over pyramids, Bull shark diving yesterday and the Rio Lagartos Boat trip and bird watching. I am most impressed by roadworks, thy always have 50 people working hard and they can resurface a road overnight. Least impressed by young street kids (as young as 2) out selling things in restaurant.

    Helen’s top three also includes the hot-air balloon over the pyramids. Also diving, but the reef dives in Isla Mujeres where we had great views of a turtle. Her favourite place was Bacalar - the lagoon was beautiful with its varied colours and the town was really chilled.    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Caye Caulker

    Jan 31–Feb 7, 2024 in Belize ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    So after another night and day of travelling we have arrived in Caye (pronounced Key) Caulker. This is an island about an hour ferry ride from Belize City. The vibe is very relaxed and Caribbean and the moto is go slow.

    After quite a lot of moving about it feels very luxurious to have a place to stay for 7 nights, our longest in one place so far.

    Some initial impressions that we love are that the coast has been protected and not built on so we can access it all which creates a lovely island atmosphere. The people are very relaxed and chilled. The marine life is literally all around with pelicans and frigate birds in the air and rays and huge tarpon fish visible from the pontoons.

    We are here to dive and have booked 3 days of diving but we will do snorkelling and some other water based activities the other days.    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Awesome Snorkelling

    January 31, 2024 in Belize ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    We did a half day snorkelling today and it was absolutely amazing.

    We started by feeding Tarpon (8 ft long fish) and frigate birds by hand. Quite an experience.

    Then we went to a reef where we saw a Manatee and snorkelled with it for about 15 minutes - very lucky as it is out of season.

    Then we went to the legendary Shark Ray Alley and saw (surprisingly) loads of harmless nurse sharks and mostly harmless stingrays. The rays were all around us and at one point swam between my legs! Gulp.

    Amazing marine life in Caye Caulker and we haven’t dived yet, that starts tomorrow.    Read more

  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Blue Hole and Half Moon Caye

    February 4, 2024 in Belize ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    For our final diving day we splashed out for a more remote dive to go to the Blue Hole, this meant a 5.30am departure as we were going about 1/3 of the way to Hondouras on a two hour boat ride.

    The Blue Hole was a cenote before sea levels changed. Check it out on the map north of this footprint, a perfect 1000 ft circle of blue in the ocean. Our dive took us to just over 30m our deepest ever.

    The other dives on this outer reef provided amazing marine life, lots of Caribbean Reef Sharks, Turtles and loads of fish. At the end of our last dive thousands of inquisitive fish had sheltered under the boat and checked us out during our safety stop. It really was like swimming in an aquarium but we were 50 miles from the mainland.

    We also visited a bird sanctuary called Half Moon Caye for lunch. Where we found Red Footed Boobie nests along with Magnificent Fridate birds. A bonus was finding the Belize Island Gecko (a subspecies found nowhere else apart from three islands).

    One funny connection to the Scottish Highlands was hearing nesting Osprey from our lunchtime walk. Before leaving I found the nest and counted 2 chicks along with the adults.

    A great day. Tomorrow we head inland to Crooked Tree    Read more

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