MeksikaCelestún20°51’40” N 90°23’57” W
12 Ocak 2024, Meksika ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We did take a lovely day trip out to Celestun, this was mainly for the bird watching and I will put that on my blog. The area is famous for flamingos and a great beach where we had lunch. We sawOkumaya devam et
MeksikaCasa de las Tortugas20°21’34” N 89°46’15” W
14 Ocak 2024, Meksika ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Today we went bird watching which I will blog about separately but we also visited the wonderful UNESCO World Heritage site of Uxmal. Impressive ruins of a city of about 20,000 which was abandonedOkumaya devam et
MeksikaPlaya Garrafón21°11’53” N 86°43’41” W
16–21 Oca 2024, Meksika ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We are now on Isla Mujeres and we have been diving.
So far we have done six dives, two to the MUSA underwater museum where 500 sculptures have been sunk to create interest for divers and takeOkumaya devam et
Caribbean Sea21°7’60” N 86°42’30” W
19 Ocak 2024, Caribbean Sea ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Today we did a more adventurous dive than the reef dives we had been doing to 9m (27ft). This time we dived to about 22m (65ft) to visit an old military boat that was sunk in 2000 to provide a diveOkumaya devam et
MeksikaRío Lagartos21°35’47” N 88°9’21” W
21–22 Oca 2024, Meksika ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
After leaving Isla Mujeres we picked up a hire car and drove most of the day to reach Rio Lagartos where we spent last night and did some great birding yesterday and today As I have commented on aOkumaya devam et
MeksikaPlataforma de las Águilas y los Jaguares20°41’2” N 88°34’8” W
22–24 Oca 2024, Meksika ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
So today we visited Chichen Itza, we left at first light to beat the crowds and were there for just after opening at 8am.
This was an impressive sight with lots to see and take in. Hopefully theOkumaya devam et
MeksikaCoba20°29’27” N 87°43’58” W
22 Ocak 2024, Meksika ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
This afternoon we visited a Cenote (swimming place), it was very peaceful and relaxing and the water a refreshing 24 degrees. Afterwards we did some birding and saw spider monkeys.
We then visitedOkumaya devam et
MeksikaMagisterial18°40’13” N 88°23’36” W
24–27 Oca 2024, Meksika ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We are staying thee nights in Bacalar and one thing that is remarkable about this laid back Pueblos Mágicos (magical towns) is the quantity and quality of the street art. Every block has a paintingOkumaya devam et
MeksikaEl Arca18°35’26” N 88°26’2” W
24 Ocak 2024, Meksika ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
We are now in Bacalar near Belize by the largest freshwater body of water in Mexico - Bacalar Lagoon.
Today we visited Los Rápidos a natural lazy river. It was a lovely place we swam around, didOkumaya devam et
MeksikaCentro18°40’18” N 88°22’49” W
25 Ocak 2024, Meksika ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We took two boat trips into the lagoon. The first was a sailing trip south of Bacalar and the second was a motorboat around Bacalar itself.
The lagoon is called the Lagoon of Seven Colours inOkumaya devam et
