МексикаEstado de YucatánCelestún20°51’40” N 90°23’57” W 12 января, Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 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 sawЧитать далее
МексикаEstado de YucatánSanta ElenaUxmalCasa de las Tortugas20°21’34” N 89°46’15” W
14 января, Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 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 abandonedЧитать далее
МексикаEstado de Quintana RooIsla MujeresPlaya Garrafón21°11’53” N 86°43’41” W
15 января, Мексика ⋅ ☀️ 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 takeЧитать далее
Caribbean Sea 21°7’60” N 86°42’30” W 19 января, 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 diveЧитать далее
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I love the leopard print pattern in its back, what a majestic creature (and I like that it’s smiling - and it would be quite friendly looking if it weren’t so gigantic!) xx
МексикаEstado de YucatánRío Lagartos21°35’47” N 88°9’21” W 20 января, Мексика ⋅ 🌬 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 aЧитать далее
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Really like these too! That heron on the blue background is spectacular. Will see if I can persuade Jamie to do something similar here with white egrets. Ops busted, he just read this over my shoulder! Xx
21 января, Мексика ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
МексикаEstado de Quintana RooTulumCobá20°29’27” N 87°43’58” W 22 января, Мексика ⋅ ☁️ 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 visitedЧитать далее
МексикаEstado de Quintana RooMagisterial18°40’13” N 88°23’36” W
23 января, Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 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 paintingЧитать далее
МексикаEstado de Quintana RooEl Arca18°35’26” N 88°26’2” W 24 января, Мексика ⋅ ☁️ 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, didЧитать далее
МексикаEstado de Quintana RooCentro18°40’18” N 88°22’49” W
25 января, Мексика ⋅ ⛅ 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 inЧитать далее
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Cracking raccoons