Welcome to a blog post that captures highlights from our trip to the Mangroves in San Cristanto!
Friday, February 6 2009
Mornings were always a time for peace and quiet… coffee beside the Gulf! Priceless!
After a delicious brekkie… we went for a walk down the beach to snoop at the other beach houses!
Our adventure today was a visit to Manglar de San Crisanto, the Mangroves of San Crisanto! The small village of San Crisanto was a 40 minute drive East along the coast road, past Telchac Puerto.
A quick aside… while some things don’t change much, others do! Here’s another comparison from 2009 and today courtesy of Google Maps Street View!
It was an experience from beginning to end! We went into the Community Building to purchase tickets to go to the Mangroves. Then, we followed two young men riding bicycles into the jungle… made one wonder if our names would show up on the Went Missing in the Jungle List!
But once we’d parked in the small parking lot, our two guides arranged us in our two little boats and started polling us through the channel. We were told that the 1250m long channel was dug by hand!
At the end of the trip through the mangroves, we arrived at the above ground cenote! The water temperature was wonderful and the water was clear!
The cenote is unique as it has many little fishies that nibble at your toes and some rather large fish that thankfully keep to themselves!
A great time was had by all! Including the fishies!
What a wonderful adventure! Butt, and I do mean butt there’s one famous pose I have to include! Thanks, Sandy!
The next blog post will highlight the village of Chicxulub!
Cheers!
Love to all,
-Doug and Elaine
Wow, the changes since 2009 are dramatic!
What is the trick behind the left/right slider on the photos?
It’s a feature of the latest version of WordPress, Steve!
Thanks for the memories Doug, we sure had some great times together