Over the years I have visited Bacalar on several occasions. I have done ViDAS spay and neuter clinics, stopped for lunch, spent time exploring the lake and surrounding areas, but during this last visit Bacalar finally stole my heart!
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My most recent visit to Xcalak was an all too needed escape from the “real world”. I always feel as though I slip into a time warp the minute my tires roll from the asphalt highway onto the sandy beach roads of town, and this time was the same.
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At night things come out that you don't see during the day and things you see during the day look different at night. I haven't been on a lot of night dives but usually I see something that is amazing.
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Today I want to take you to Mahahual to meet some of my friends. We like going to Paraiso for breakfast; Adriana and her husband, Reggie, always greet us with smiles and open arms…
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It's July and it is really warm today. I had been doing some work in the yard that I have been putting off too long. What I really need now is a refreshing swim. Better than that is a shore dive out to the reef. Join me and we will see who is playing in my backyard.
Summer is over and you know what that means—time to head back to Mahahual. During the summer months I work out of the New Wave Dive Center in Port Clinton, Ohio and we were very busy with new divers.
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have learned that sometimes when you take a step back and contemplate life and the path you have taken, things surprise you. For instance, the holidays and what I hope will—in attitude anyway—become the new normal for us. Location is always where you are, but attitude is what you make of it.
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Last week we had the pleasure of spending several days here in Xcalak, Mexico with Billy and Akaisha Kaderli of Retire Early Lifestyle fame. You may have heard of them. Their adventures have been chronicled on many television programs and numerous stories in prestigious publications…
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It had been 10 long years (actually they go quicker than you realize) since I'd first set foot in Xcalak, at the southern end of the Costa Maya. On that occasion my wife, Lydia, and I had journeyed south with friends who worked in Akumal and who needed to take a weekend getaway.
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This has got to be the dream of every fly fisherman or anyone who wants to learn. A qualified instructor will show you how to make your own saltwater fishing flies and how to cast a fly fishing rod. Just imagine yourself standing in the warm, blue water of the Caribbean, feeling something hit your line…
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As I wrote last year when we visited, this is a City of Two Tales. We arrived in time to have lunch, wanting to see the Malecón with all the cruise ship tourists, just to get an idea of how different this place can be from day to day. What struck me this time was how many fewer tourists found their way to the Malecón.
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In the first two installments of this unusual travelogue, I introduced myself as the husband of Sac-Be.com's publisher and I turned 60 last November. The plan was to drive as far south as we could go on México's Caribbean Coast and then work our way back up through the Costa Maya and Riviera Maya.
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I had to be in town by 7:30 for the official opening of the Lionfish Hunt. I was going to be the "bag lady" for the Mahahual Dive Centre's team.
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We checked out of our lovely hotel, Mataan Ka'an, a block removed from Mahahual's Malecon after a hearty breakfast on the beach. Our destination was only about 15 minutes south of town—a place called Balamku Inn on the Beach.
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Each morning I check to see how the wind will be for the following days, hoping it will begin to drop. FINALLY!!!! Saturday looks like it will be a good day to dive. I give Luis a call.
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Bacalar's tourist base is predominantly Mexican or at least native Spanish speakers. It looks like Lou and I once again are in the minority.
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Diving at a new site past our house one day, Luis and I found a very large fishing net with parts of it tangled in our beautiful reef. It was obvious that it had been there for some time.
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