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Travel Blogs from Holbox Island
Disconnected from civilization.
Holbox (pronounced holbosh and meaning "black hole" in Mayan) is a very small island located about 2 hours from Cancun by car (I think there are flights available from Cancun). This is a place rarely visited by regular tourists but savvy travelers. I did not have knowledge of the existence of this piece of land, it was my better half's idea to go …
Fish for Breakfast
... thick brush that had not cleared out by man. After some deliberation about how deep the water could be and how we would keep our cameras dry, we decided to turn around. Maybe another day...
The next day we went on an unexpected fishing trip. Our captains were people that we had met at the concert the other night, and on such a small island it isn't easy to hide from anyone... We had planned to walk in the opposite ...
Holbox Island
... am Meer! Neben der Bar waren verschiedene Wegweiser mit Kilometerangaben die in alle Himmelsrichtung der Welt zeigten. Zu unserer Freude war dort ein riesen Trampolin! Wir hüpften und alberten herum wie kleine Kinder, es war ein riesen Spass! Wir konnten uns eigentlich nicht erklären wieso die Bar geschlossen wurde? Doch an den Türen waren Kleber angebracht die wohl irgendwas mit dem Staat zutun hatten....
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Mexico - Isla Holbox
... every day). We weren't part of the elite package holiday group so didn't get a sun lounger this time and snagged a shady part of the beach with a roaming dog for company, who we later found out was Mango and he lived at our hostel. After a few hours catching some rays and practising my swimming techniques, the rain did indeed arrive so we headed back to our hostel.
There was a large amount of fellow Brits at the hostel, one of whom ...
Easter Eggs and Strip Clubs
... all got two local fisherman to take us out to tour the island. We had all the cool cats from mexico city and then tourists - all up there was about 15 of us. We grabbed a carton and off we went to check out a fresh water cenote
( Wikipedia sums it up nicely - Cenote is a deep natural pit, or sinkhole, characteristic of Mexico and Central America, resulting from the collapse ...