Blogs from Xcalak, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

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North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Xcalak September 7th 2016

Heutiges Tagesziel ist Xcalak, etwa 65km südlich von Mahahual. In Xcalak waren wir vor 16 Jahren schon mal, wie damals liegt der Ort auch heute noch abgelegen, „in the middle of nowhere“ im Grenzland zu Belize. Entlang endloser Mangrovensümpfe führt die einzige Zufahrtsstraße schnurgerade nach Xcalak. Im Ort liegen am Strand noch wie damals, die Gehäuse großer Fechterschnecken, die hier als Spezialität gegessen werden. Aaron ist begeistert, sammelt mehrere Exemplare und lagert sie erstmal im Auto ein. Das Reisegepäck lässt grüßen. In einem kleinen Hotel, dem Costa de Cocos machen wir Mittagspause und unterhalten uns mit den Leuten an der Bar. Den Hurrikan vor vier Wochen haben sie gut überstanden, an den Palapas gab es einige Schäden, die jetzt repariert werden müssen. Vom Steg des Hotels starten Aaron und Thomas eine Schwimmtour. Schwimmen ist hier nicht ... read more
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Costa de Cocos

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Xcalak May 1st 2014

Where is Xcalak? I spend countless hours and days of my life fly fishing and found that I especially love salt water fly fishing. I have traveled to many places in the Caribbean and will blog about some of those at a later time but wish to talk about the southern most part of Mexico along the Belizian boarder. It is one of the few places on the planet that still does not know that it exists nor do many people in the world. The more fascinating aspect to this picture is that the fish don't know what a good thing they have. I first found this isolated location back in the late 1980s with a guide I still use from Belize and the fishing was awesome to say the least. The country was what dreams ... read more

North America » Mexico » Quintana Roo » Xcalak April 13th 2010

We waited for the bus to Xcalah on the main road outside our cabana. The locals had informed us it passed through between 9 and 10 so we found some sun loungers and lay around in the sun waiting for the bus to arrive. We flagged down the bus at about 9.45 and settled in on the bumpy ride to Xcalah which would take about 2 hours. Xcalah is the most southerly town on the east coast of Mexico before Belize. The town is tiny with a handful of restaurants, a shop, a dive centre and a few family run hostels. We found a massive room in a private house which we took for 2 nights. We had planned to dive on the Chinchorro reef which is the largest atoll in the northern hemisphere. It is ... read more
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