So from the extremely basic living conditions in Mahahual to a little luxury.
John and Helen, two other expeditions members, and myself headed down to Xcalat. We stayed at the Flying Cloud Hotel, which was just amazing.
The rooms were spacious, clean and comfortable with a little kitchen and bathroom. The owners are lovely and could not have taken better care of us during out visit. After being confined with a basic veggie diet for such a long time the gift of cheese cake and a magnum ice cream was all to much and within 5 mins of eating it i passed out. Unfortunately it did not last long enough for a picture but it was delicious.
Back to the Leaky Palapa and they did not disappoint. The food was amazing, the service was brilliant and the wine was perfectly chilled.
John and Helen, two other expeditions members, and myself headed down to Xcalat. We stayed at the Flying Cloud Hotel, which was just amazing.
The rooms were spacious, clean and comfortable with a little kitchen and bathroom. The owners are lovely and could not have taken better care of us during out visit. After being confined with a basic veggie diet for such a long time the gift of cheese cake and a magnum ice cream was all to much and within 5 mins of eating it i passed out. Unfortunately it did not last long enough for a picture but it was delicious.
Back to the Leaky Palapa and they did not disappoint. The food was amazing, the service was brilliant and the wine was perfectly chilled.
On the Saturday they had a fishing competition, it was all very tense as fishermen carried enourmous dorado, grouper, baracuda and other fish up to the scales to be weighed.
The winners, on the left we have a barracuda and a snapper, then a dorado and Grouper and a Tarpon, i think.
The winning Grouper. Poor poor fish, but very tasky steamed with garlic and lemongrass!
The winning Grouper. Poor poor fish, but very tasky steamed with garlic and lemongrass!Diving with XTC Divers we got out to the Atoll at Chinchurro. There is so much damage from the hurricane but it does not completely detract much from this amazing site. I hope that it recovers, it will take years if it can.
We saw two Nurse Shark a turtle and lots of other amazing fish and corals. There are some huge sponges there, many of them have been destroyed by the hurricane but there are still some good sized ones.
We saw two Nurse Shark a turtle and lots of other amazing fish and corals. There are some huge sponges there, many of them have been destroyed by the hurricane but there are still some good sized ones.
This shark came straight toward Helen and i, within about half a meter. I didn´t want to take the picture because it would have scared it off and we would have missed the moment, it was so cool!
This was the shark as it swam away.
Massive Tarpon, I took photos of these the first time we went to Xcalak but these are better because i can now use my camera properly! ( There is no photoshop on any of the underwater shots, it is all pure skill!)
There are lots and lots of amazing sponges, many different colours and sizes.
John and a sponge, just to highlight the size.
From Xcalak we took a short boat trip to Belize. It saved us a whole day of travel but felt totally illegal. We pulled into the port of San pedro and meanedered through the small streets to an immigration office. It was quick and easy and well worth the few extra dollars.
Helen, John and Sara on their trip through the mangroves to Belize.
So the next post will be from Belize and the trip to the Blue Hole, keep tuned in-
Love
Sara
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