Holbox Island - Days Two and Three (The Sun!)

Our second day in Holbox started with a beautiful blue sky and warm weather. After a quick breakfast, we embarked on a three hour boat tour (shades of Gilligan's Island). The start of the your was funny as a guy showed up at the hotel in a golf cart and told us it was time to go ... So we started walking towards the golf cart thinking he would take us to the pier or some such but he just waived us towards a boat that was offshore from the hotel that we had to wade out to! The tour took us to a few different spots. First was Mosquito Point which seemed to be lacking in Mosquitos but was rich in birds of all sorts including flamingoes. Then it was off to Isla Pajaros for more bird watching before heading to Yalahao lagoon for a swim in a cenote. The visit to Isla Pajaros (Bird Island; which is a protected island for bird nesting) was great! Quite cool to see the Pelicans, Ospreys, Herons and other aquatic birds close up. A platform just off the island has been built where one can moor a small boat and then observe the birds from only a few metres away.

On the way to Yalahao we had the most amazing experience .... A pod of around six to ten dolphins came up to our boat and started swimming and arcing around the water's surface for us. After about ten minutes it was time for them to go so they treated us to two leaps in to the air before swimming off! Truly amazing!!!

The crazy thing was that we ran into the same pod of dolphins on the way back from Yalahao and they once again entertained us for about ten minutes, albeit without the leaping out of the water this time. We got back to our hotel in the mid afternoon and spent the rest of the day lazing around, walking on the beach and pestering the local iguanas (we kept ofefring them fruit which they were happy to eat but if we approached to closely they would scuttle off).

Speaking of iguanas, our hotel grounds were thick with them to the degree that we would often find one blocking the door to our room!

After the boat ride it was into town for dinner at an excellent little restaurant called El Chapulim where we both had fresh fish on a bed of mushrooms with a side of rice. The fish was excellent, tender and flavourful.

After dinner we walked back along the beach and stopped at a local bar on the beach to enjoy a cold beer.