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I will never forget my first visit to this island all those years ago. I loved it then and I love it now! It has such fond memories for me with my little daughter as a small child playing on the beach, so safe, so happy.
I think back to the Barbachano family who helped me so much in those early years and all the wonderful people I know on this island. Yes, it has changed a great deal since those early days, the large cruise ships now call in and it has obviously become a shopping paradise for those tourists, but, for me, it will always be the Island of Swallows and, in my opinion, the most fabulous place for snorkelling and diving. You can still drive to the other side of the island, where you will hardly see a person and the air smells of honey.
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I love to shop and love to shop in Mexico...Cozumel, because it attracts the cruise crowd, has a miriade of beautiful things. I tend to look for Mexican cottons and silver but there is fabulous quality of gold and precious stones at extremely reasonable price.
An island traditionally frequented by Mexican yacht owners spending weekends on fishing trips or just relaxing. It has quite a history, pirates frequented it and there is actually
a tombstone in the little island cemetery marked with a scull and
crossbones! The "legend" of the mujeres (women) has various
versions, ranging from the Spaniards arriving in 1579 to find rock
carvings of women through to the pirates arriving when the men were
all out fishing!
A new and precious find for us...this has long been a Mayan secret...
A place where locals escape at the weekend, staying at small pensions and camping. Reached by travelling to Chiquila from Valladolid, this is a small town situated almost next door to Chichen-Itza... the island is then approached by ferry. A Mallorcan company has now built a luxury hotel with thatched casitas on the water's edge. A true delight... ask us for more details...there is absolutely nothing whatsoever to do on Holbox, just to mingle with nature. There is even a place where no human is allowed to go but the enormous variety of birds can be viewed by boat. Dolphins swim freely with no fear... and there is a cenote which is home to blue, yellow and red crabs... It is really like travelling back through a time travel to 60 years ago!!!... a touch of Jules Vernes!!!
You will find details on this island elsewhere but, for reasons which I will not go into, you will not find a price to match ours!
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