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Costa Maya Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Costa Maya, Mexico
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En route to Belize
Day two? Three? I've been blissfully unaware of time since we got on the boat, to the point where I quite honestly didn't know what day it was till I logged in on the computer. And so much to report... where to start? At the moment I'm enjoying the ...
Mahahual
Saturday started at the nice and early hour of 5am, to catch the 6am Express bus to Belize City. It was a pretty good journey that I shared with Sami, Noah and Mani. It was on time and air conditioned. I wasn't really counting on that fact so ...
Majahual
... a hurricane a few years ago and had been rebuilt for the cruise ships who stop here (they tell them it´s called "Riviera Maya"). We found this fantastic eatery on the first day called "100% Agave" where Fernando served fantastic and cheap Mexican ...
Mexico!
Some of the best food i've had have been in little huts in this coastal fishermans village Also great massages from short hairy mexican women with super strong hands while drinking beer and enjoying the rays of Sun. A nice day for an ...
One Secret, One Goodbye
... babies and such. Don't tell anybody though. A Farewell to an Old Friend It wasn't hard for him, leaving the always calling Mexico. There was actually a building desire at times to leave it behind quicker. Simply, Mexico is too easy at times, too familiar. ...
Empty Streets
... in Ambergris Caye or San Pedro - where we had to pass through by boat to do immigration - we headed straight to Mexico where we took a calculated punt that Mahahual could be unknown enough to be low key and unspoilt. Not getting a mention ...
camp living
... as a ref but quickly got a game at the back from the boys with the taxis....enjoyed sundays out and about in mexico. also got a lovely teaching group...osvaldo, adrianna, carlos, lot and my fellow centre half..jose...so teaching was fun with jess and ...
Three cruise ships
The Costa Maya is the large chunk of land that sticks out a bit at the most south-eastern part of Mexico. It has few roads and fewer towns but plenty of coastline = beaches. Just a short distance farther south is the world's second largest ...
Mahahual
Magnifique plage avec des récifs á moins de 100m du bord et donc de jolies variantes de bleus et de turquoise. ...
Hola Amigo
... table, trying to find shelter under an umbrella. I was a bit pissed off what with this being the middle of the dry season in Mexico and all, but anywho. After the rain subsided, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a dashing local bum mincing towards me. ...
Costa Maya
Today we arrived at Costa Maya, Mexico, at about 7:30 this morning, stepping out onto the balcony of the room, the humidity was already 77%... hot and stuffy, tried to take some pictures from the balcony, but the camera and video camera lens kept ...
Still in Paradise
... Barrier Reef, so data from this project can theoretically be analyzed with data from Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and other parts of Mexico. It would be easy were it not for the unavoidable fact that it all takes place underwater. So first of all, ...
GVI Marine Conservation Project
Punta Gruesa: 3 weeks in… Having returned from Belize the first of my conservation projects was imminent – just one day in civilisation to complete the last-minute shop for sheets, blankets, boat shoes, treats, secret stash of rum and most ...
A True Mayan Experience
... forgot here. So, we asked a man if he would sale us some. He wanted to flirt...or pretend too. Pretty funny. Lessons learned in Costa Maya You will have to leave your finger if the ring gets stuck I can't sell the ...
Sea Day
... then watch the same carnival video, atleast they have changed it a bit this year Tommorow morning we will be arriving at Limon, Costa Rica at about 9am (I think?), and our shore excursion is White River rafting, Class 3, Cannot wait, I think that its ...
Tropical Paradise: Week 1
Thank God, the GVI program in Mexico has so far been all it was cracked up to be, and more. Much better than the Picaflor trauma! This week has mostly been about settling in and learning the workings of the camp. Everyone does everything, so it´s ...
A visit to Chacchoben, Mayan ceremonial place
... Costa Maya in the first blog of this series. Here's a picture of them again: . . . . . . . . . . JAN 19: Costa Maya, Mexico, has a nice pier area developed by Carnival cruiseline with their many souvenir, jewelry, and t-shirt shops. They ...
Mayan Ruins at Kohunlich
Today we stopped in Costa Maya, Mexico from 12pm to 7pm. Costa Maya is a town built for the cruise ships with restaurants, shops, and a beach. I chose instead to go on an exursion to the mayan ruins at Kohulich, which was about two hours away. ...
Week 8
Got back from Tulum and we had been diving on base, and there was diving every day this week. It was great, everyone has begun monitoring the coral and fish. It is nice to finally be contributing data to the project. I think alot of us ...
Mayan ruins at Kohunlich
As my first cruise approached its end, we had one final adventure in store. We arrived in the coastal town of Costa Maya, Mexico and we were actually able to dock. The view from the dock was amazing as you could see the huts that dotted the ...
CARIBE MEJICANO III
Bueno doncs la seguent parada es Mahahual, un poblet que basicament consisteix a una carretera de uns 8 km de llarg sense asfaltar. Alla seguint la guia "Lonely Planet", que per cert per centroamerica no esta gaire be, buscavem un camping on ...
Majahual
We spent 5 nights here dry camping on an open lot next to the lighthouse in Majahual. The snorkeling was wonderful. The water temperature was perfect (I don't know yet what that temperature is). ...
Sail and Mexico - Isla Mujeres - to 31 March 2012
Sunday 25 March 2012 – Caribbean Sea – Mexico Our first overnight sail went well. Paul and I did 3 hour watches and the boat sped along - up to 11.5 knots! The gulf stream has a hefty current of 3 knots which gives the extra speed. We had lots ...
Mahaual
... junto a una gran fogata. Vemos alguna casa e incluso alguna en venta, y pequeños hoteles en algunas partes de la costa cercanas a uno de los dos desvíos que conducen a la carretera asfaltada que comunica Mahahual con Xcalak. Xcalak En Xcalak ...
Xcalak - Laguna Bacalar
Como siempre Alfonso a las 6:00 ya está despierto, amanece con el sol. Yo alargo un poco hasta las 7:00, y como Fredy aún no se ha levantado salimos a dar una vuelta. Paseamos por la playa y por el espigón del puerto. La playa no es fea ...
Apr 11, 2013
Mahahual, 3 dias de snorkel :)
Un pequeño pueblecito apartado de todo, vive de y para el turismo, con todos los precios escritos en dolares y tan o mas caro que Cancun :S eso si, tiene unas playas muy bonitas y desde ellas puedes nadar unos 50m asta el principio del "arrecife ...
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