Xcalak, Mexico

Xcalak Mexico is on the southern end of the Yucatan near Belize. This was our third year to go down and we plan to go back again next year.













No TV, no radio, no phones. You get to eat, sleep, dive, snorkel, read, and there is the option to do ocean fly fishing. We affectionately call our daily gathering before dinner "happy hour." We recall the events of the day and share snacks and adult beverages.












The restaurant onsite serves fresh fish daily. They catch themselves. Here, the proprietor throws fish scraps to the frigate birds.

I love it here!

Had a great trip and visit with family and friends from around the country. Our next trip is tentatively scheduled for late February or early March. TBD. A hurricane passed through the area last year...the resort itself did ok but we could see differences in the landscape to some extent.


This year, I drove to Chicago and then took a direct flight to Cancun with Marilou. From Cancun, we piled into two vans and drove for 5 or so hours to the remote fishing village near Belize. There were 14 of us in total. Uncle Paul was sufficiently recovered from his knee surgery to dive. Josh successfully completed his discovery dive class and was able to go out for some deeper dives. It was great.

Josh after his first real dive.

Uncle Paul's birthday was earlier this week on the 23rd. But the plan was to surprise Marilou who has a landmark birthday in May. It was fun.

Someone grabbed my camera.

It was nice to come home to spring!