Akumal, Mexico Travel Blogs

Day Twelve
Nov 9, 2007 (5 photos)

Our last beautiful sunrise......and we're packing it in.  It's Going Home Day......boo hoo!  But, all good things must come to an end.  We will forever be touched by our experiences here in the Roo.  We loved it the first time, we love ...

Day 8 - The Great Camera Fiasco
May 21, 2006

... is pretty cool.  That was fast.  I see Keith's posts, and realize that if I had actually used the Cyber Café in Akumal I probably would have grabbed a seat right next to him.  I estimate he was posting as we were downing beers in the rain a ...

Day 7 - Akumal and LG Party (and our 6th Anniv.)
May 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... kill of me, is there?  In seconds that ambulance passes me using the southbound lanes.  Yes, driving in Mexico is fun. We make it to Akumal and park.  Our first stop is Lucy's for some of her highly rated shrimp tacos.  Can they ...

Day Nine
Nov 6, 2007 (23 photos)

... to the turnoff to Coba.  Funny, we are seeing more of these at home but it was the first I'd seen anywhere in Mexico I'd been.  The ruins here are not as popluar as at Chichen Itza but are every bit as important archaeologically.  Built in ...

Day Four - Creative titles, eh?
Nov 1, 2007 (5 photos)

... list.  The food and service were fabulous!  The atmosphere was great sitting right in the middle of the "real" Mexico eating dinner with the locals.  This restaurant is located north of Constituyentes.  I will make a special trip to ...

Mexico
Jan 16, 2004 (43 photos)

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Day Eight
Nov 5, 2007 (5 photos)

... different kinds of colorful fish. After snorkeling for a couple of hours, we actually got chilly.  I have never been chilly in Mexico before.  We get out of the water and dry off and decide to have the lunch of sandwiches and chips that we packed ...

Akumal
Sep 16, 2009 (1 photos)

Much more expensive than anywhere else we've been (in our lives), this small American colony fortunately has a Mexican village just the other side of the motorway. Even so we still had a wonderful time, snorkelling with turtles and rays, watching ...

Day Seven
Nov 4, 2007 (5 photos)

Another beautiful sunrise.......and then off for coffee and muffins at Turtle Bay Cafe in our little vacation "hometown" of Akumal.  We did a little shopping afterwards while Mark walked back and picked up the car.  Cute shops if you've ...

Day Ten
Nov 7, 2007 (11 photos)

Today we visited Xel-Ha, an ecological park for both kids and adults alike.  We've never felt the desire to visit these places when traveling on our own, but with Sara as our travel companion we thought what better time to do this, plus we ...

Day 9 - Back to Akumal
May 22, 2006 (5 photos)

We have a clear cut goal for today.  Go to Akumal, meet Keith, get camera, return.  So our first step is to taxi to Tulum Pueblo and hopping a collectivo.  Now before we left Austin I had researched the collectivos.  I was reading about ...

Day Six
Nov 3, 2007

... now you could just go into Starbucks and buy some.  For me, that sort of takes away from vacationing in Mexico when I end up in a corporate American company though.  You can also find beans in several good restaurants like Cueva del Chango in ...

Chasse a la tortue (FR/EN)
Mar 14, 2008 (8 photos)

... Claudia (qui traversait parfois la moitie de la baie pour suivre et essayer d'en attraper une). (English) Every 2 years, the turtles in Akumal bay are checked to see if they still have their tags on, how much they have grown and if they ...

Day Eleven
Nov 8, 2007 (32 photos)

... ;end of the day we were ready for a great meal and decided to spend our last evening at El Cuevo de la Pescador in Akumal.  This restaurant was on our list of places to go, so this was our last chance.  The service and food was outstanding!& ...

CEA Festival
Feb 20, 2008 (19 photos)

The annual fund-raising festival was a big event for CEA as a significant amount of funding comes from this event alone. We were all excited at first to be part of it, but it didn't turn out to be as fun as it was. Suddenly we were invaded by a group of ...

Day Five
Nov 2, 2007 (28 photos)

We woke up hungry and knew it was our last chance to eat at another "must do" on our list.  So we walked north of the hotel a few blocks and towards the beach.  We found La Cueva del Chango down a cobblestone street.  It is such a groovy ...

Lagune de Yal-Ku
Jan 20, 2008

Yal-ku est un lagon a une 20aines de min de marche de notre logement. Dimanche un peu maussade, l'orage gronde au loin, « ok Cloclo on va faire un tour a Yal-ku ». On arrive la-bas, ah mince c'est payant. « Ola buen dia, estamos del centro ...

Diving and Español
Jan 20, 2008 (16 photos)

... had been diving in a snotty!!!) which is the worlds third largest cave system (no. 1 & 2 are also in Mexico) - Dave dove through the depths (well 12m anyway) seeing underwater limestone stalagtites/mites and columns, while Kirsten snorkeled ...

Debut du projet a Akumal
Jan 10, 2008

... de poissons multicolors, raie pastenague, raie aigle et bien sur de jolis coraux. Le centre ou l'on fait du benevolat (centro ecologico Akumal) se trouve sur la plage. Derniere, se trouve un chemin, un petit parking, 2 restos, puis la ou on loge soit a ...

Research dive
Feb 24, 2008 (12 photos)

Here are some pictures taken while we were doing our research dive. Voici les photos de nous en train de faire la recherche sur les coraux et les poissons.

Akumal
Jan 10, 2008 (27 photos)

It's been almost 2 months since we arrived in Akumal, which means the land of turtles in Mayan. There are 8 of us in the reef program, coming from 4 countries : French, Swiss, Singaporean and English. We all share a dormitory, called ...

Yal-Ku Laguna
Jan 20, 2008 (7 photos)

We went to Yal-ku laguna, 20 minutes' walk from Akumal centre on a cloudy Sunday, where it was unsually quiet (for once we are grateful that the skies are not blue). As we entered the park, artistic sculptures luminated our path as we approached& ...

the turtles
Oct 27, 2007 (11 photos)

... taxi (thinking we were on our way to Buffalo Flats). We were cruising along when Jules noticed we were passing the sign for Akumal!  We asked the driver and he apologised for missing the road, he simply pulled over and he told us to jump out ...

SNORKLING
Jun 21, 2009 (1 photos)

WE MET NOSTRTODAMUS WHO TOOK OUR UNDERWATER PICS!

Diving and reading (and dance)
Apr 10, 2006 (2 photos)

... is new but fortunately one can walk through their beach so it doesn't interfere with our enjoyment of the area). On our return to Akumal, stopped by the dive shop; Paul and Keegan made the decision to take two dives today. Sat on the beach for a while ...

SFO to Akumal
Apr 8, 2006

... ; would have liked to linger, but we still had a bit of a drive. Dark by the time we hit the highway again, but we found Akumal and the casitas without difficulty. We were the last of the family to check in. Saw Jean and Alan as we got out of the car; ...

Having a fantastic time!
Jun 19, 2007

We are continuing to have a fantastic time.  The weather has been amazing except true to form I have become sunburned and lucky for me was reading a magazine while lying on my back and have a distinct line across the bottom half of my face where I am ...

The inside of my bathroom
Jan 7, 2009 (5 photos)

... suits, we decided to have a lazy day on the beach and no high expectation for what was to come. It is our last day in Mexico, after all, why not just enjoy it? After a few hours in the sun, reading, I got really tired, so while Mario went for lunch, I ...

Departure!
Jan 1, 2009 (9 photos)

... was already touring the carousel. In less than 30 minutes, we were out in the balmy air of Cancun, boarding a minibus to Akumal Beach Resort. The ride was entertaining - of course, I watched as the world passed by, drinking in the sites of ...

Mayan ruins and more
Oct 1, 1994 (154 photos)

the first of three trips we took to Akumal