It feels a bit like paradise!
Will the newness of it all eventually wear off? It sure hasn’t yet! And, we hope it never does.
Since you can’t just drop by to enjoy it with us (although we’d love that!), we’ll share it with you through pics!
We are quickly learning about weather patterns on the beach of Northern Yucatan!
“Norte” was a new term for us. It was used with other exclamations like “Button down!” and “Strong winds!”. We heard it would start Tuesday evening and go into Thursday morning - 36+ hours! Yet our ever-so-trustworthy weather apps were saying 12-18 mph winds.
When you’re in Colorado and you’ve never been to Northern Yucatan, you close your eyes and point at the map and say, “I’ll try that town”.
We didn’t really do that, but we made the best choice we could from a distance, knowing at least a little of what we wanted.
Welcome to our home in Sisal!
We will tell you why we are in Sisal in the next post, but we couldn’t wait to have you ‘join us’ in this home! It is appropriately called The Nautical House.
Ben walks you around the outside of the property (and to the beach!) in the first video. Carma shares the inside of the home in the second video. Enjoy!
In the northwest corner of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the middle of a wildlife sanctuary (ie. flamingos!), sits a relatively busy fishing village called Celestun. We have learned the catch of the day, during this time of year, is octupus.
Long walk-able beaches. Sounds of the Gulf reaching the shoreline. Clean downtown. Fresh coconut water.
Those are just some of the sites, sounds and tastes(!) we enjoyed as we explored Telchac during our ’northern fishing villages’ tour.
In our goal to find the ‘right’ area for us, we hired a touring guide to introduce us to the 6-8 fishing villages along the northern shore of the Yucatan Peninsula. Our favorite was Telchac. (stay tuned as we found an even ‘more favorite’ since then!)
We celebrated Ben’s birthday on the beach in Progreso!
Our celebration included
We have been in Chicxulub a week! Chicxulub is a fishing village on the north end of the Yucatan Peninsula.
We spent the first 6 weeks in Merida. A week ago we came to Chicxulub. Chicxulub (blue pin on map) is approximately an hour north of Merida.
The last night of our “Life in Merida” trial was spent at an Italian restaurant a couple hundred feet from where we had lived. We hadn’t tried it yet but knew it received the highest ratings. We found out why. Pictures of the food don’t begin to do it justice. The ambience, service and flavors were deliciously memorable!
This free walking tour came highly recommended. It’s offered daily at 9:30am in the heart of Merida (Plaza Grande).
There were 20-25 people in our group and everyone of us (some couples) were from a different country!
Our talented tour guide gave the tour in Spanish, Mayan and English.