Welcome to our Uaymitun 2018 Blog!
The owner of our beach house, Gaby, graciously offered to have her local pilot, Juan, take us out fishing in her 31′ Grady-White fishing boat!
Our destination was out at the far end of the Progreso Pier… so here’s a short description of the very, very long pier in Progreso courtesy of the “Amusing Planet” website!
The port city of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán, boasts of the longest pier in the world. Built with reinforced concrete, the pier juts out into the Gulf of Mexico for a distance of 6.5 km, and looks more like a bridge to some distant land. The unusually long length is necessary to allow large ships to dock since the Yucatán coast is very shallow. The limestone shelf that forms the Yucatán Peninsula falls away at such a shallow angle that it is literally kilometers before the water is deep enough to accommodate cargo vessels. Passengers disembark at the end of the long pier, and then take a free shuttle or a taxi cab to the shore and into town.
The pier was originally 2,100 meters long and was constructed between 1937 and 1941, replacing a wooden pier that was built in the beginning of the last century. In 1988, an additional 4,000 meters was added to its length increasing the pier’s cargo and container vessels handling capacity.
We waited to find a day that would be calmer than most and set up our fishing trip with Gaby! Kerry and I both took a dose of Dramamine to help counteract our propensity for motion sickness!
We made the drive to the Altacranes Marina in Yucalpeten and met up with Juan and his helper Nico!
It was a great fishing trip… We kept some of the catch, which Bryan cooked up for supper, we gave some to Juan for Gaby and some went to Miguel and Maria!
It was a fun day and neither Kerry nor I had to puke over the side!
The next blog will highlight a trip to Celestun to see the Flamingos!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
So much fun! Everyone has commented on the colour of the water!
What great memories were made.
Looks like great fun.. 🙂