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Max's Round the World in 36 days
Arriving into Holbox has been more of a surprise and adventure than we have immagined. Basically, it needs a word of explanation that Holbox is usually not a stop on an ordinary tourist's itineary...Not because it is not worth visiting (quite the contrary...) but because it's a little bit off track and not yet known as a tourist destination. The only reason we ended up here is because it was recommended to me by an experience traveller in Mexico while planning the trip. Coming back to the trip, the bus that carried us to this amazing place was probably older than me and Massi's ages combined...Wood inside, wide open windows and there we are on a Mexican (very bumpy!) road. We were passing thru the least immagined roads, passing by extremely poor Mexican villages (people basically living in the forest) and every now and then we had people getting onto the bus trying to sell some home made panoches or local fruit. Naturally, it was a very local bus and we were the only tourists in there...
3 hour ride and we arrived at a forgotten by God port village where we were lucky enough to board a boat straightaway - surprise surprise Holbox is an island!
The boat was very much a sway-me-more type but thanks to a miracle we touched the land again after some 20 minutes...Picked up by the smallest "cab" we have ever seen we got into the hotelito.
The place we have been staying at is run by Italians and it has to be said that it has got a lot of charm - it s has plenty of Mexican atmosphere and it is located 10 meters from the sea! It's extremely quiet and it is perfect for a bit of a relax after the Cancun experience. The hotelito area is characterised by omnipresent shells (shell lights etc) and ... hammocks! Needless to say, there are 3 things that we have been doing since the arrival: eating (we tried almost all of local "restaurants" - basically people's homes where they sell food), swimming (i reckon one of the best beaches/seas I have ever been to with amazing clay-like white sand) and sleeping in the hammocks (a minor detail - with Mexican beer in hands). One interesting fact about Holbox sea is that it is apparently full of whale sharks, up tp 20 meters long! We tried to spot one but not luck as of yet...
Generally, Holbox is an absolutely fabolous place if you want to hide away from the civilisation (kind of Mexican Fiji). It s a real pity that we only stay here for 2 nights and are leaving tomorrow morning. On the other hand, this is one of those places where after 2 days you feel you have seen it all...
The only problem that we have been experiencing is that Massimo resembles more and more an African and I am red now even more than a lobster - i look into the mirror and the only word that comes to my mind is "F***!!!"
:) Unfortunately leaving Mexico the day after tomorrow so this is the last entry from this amazing country. I fell in love with it and this is definitely a place to come back to. AHH, and the guacamoles - not a single day has passed without them on our table!!!! I absolutely love guacamoles and will be missing them as hell whenever i go to... it s basically tostadas with some smashed avocado and other stuff in there...YAMMMMMMY!
Adios!!!!
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