While in Merida, I stayed with some Mexican friends I had met in Canada. On my second day in the Yucatan, I went with them to Celestun.
My
Mexican friends are a lovely young family. They had been in Canada for
about 3 years and were hoping to stay. But their application was
denied. It's a long and unfortunate story. When they left Canada, they
forgot 3 items, kids toys. Since I'd been curious about visiting
Merida, and that's where they moved to, I promised to hand deliver the
toys. Mission accomplished!
On my second day in the
Yucatan, I decided to spend the day with the family. They suggested
going to Celestun, a beach town about 1 hour from their home in Merida.
Initially, I wasn't super excited about spending the day at the beach.
I figured I'd have lots of beach time in Cozumel. But I'm so glad we
went! We took a boat tour. Along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and
down a river to see.....PINK FLAMINGOS! I'd never seen pink flamingos
before. Super cool! Then the boat went through a neat mangrove, dropped us off at a fresh water spring for a short visit, then back to our start point via a tuk tuk. How much fun!
Oh! And we had the most delicious picnic on the beach. With fresh swordfish steaks. Amazing!
Pictures1 - The view from the boat on the ocean then the river
2 - Toby looking out towards the flamingos. We were soooo excited to get closer!
3- The flamingos look so funny when taking off!
4- Just as we were about to exit the mangrove. Like a fairy tale
5-There were so many variations on the tuk tuk theme in Celestun. This is the one we rode in.
6 - The bottle to the left of the tuk tuk driver is the "gas tank". They are all so home made!
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