In Chetumal I was lucky to couch surf with Maria and her family. Maria took me for a day tour taking in her FOUR TOP THINGS TO DO IN CHETAMAL We start the tour visiting Santuario del Manati (Manatee Sanctuary) to see Daniel the teenage Manatee at Laguna Guerrero. WATCH PART TWO – OXTANKAH MAYAN […]
The story of pirate and slave trader Fermin Mundaca is a fascinating one. A Spaniard of educated background, Fermin decided to try his hand at slave trading, first bringing slaves from the West Coast of Africa to Cuba and Antilla to work the sugarcane plantations and mines, and then Mayan captives from the Yucatan peninsula. […]
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We do a big run up the Mexican Coast, 26 hours of sailing, travelling through the night, doing 200 nautical miles. We also take on two new crew, two Canadian Lasses.
I visited the remotest fishing village I could find on the Mexico East Coast. First I hitchhiked to Punta Herrero, then I took a boat to the island lobster fishing settlement of Maria Elena. I’d like to claim I was the first tourist to ever visit, but I was in fact the third. Even in […]
