A Tour Around Our Neighborhood

We are at Yax-Ha Resort on the Chetumal Bay in Calderites, a Beach community north of the city of Chetumal.  Chetumal is in the extreme southwestern part of the Yucatan on the /Belize border.

The bay is quite shallow and the color of the water changes by the minute.  Getting a picture that shows the color the eye sees is very difficult without professional equipment.

The bottom of the bay is crushed limestone, so when the light is just right the bay appears milky.

A sea wall has been built to help with erosion during the hurricane season. I don't know the reason for the cannons, but it makes for interesting photos.

After the last big hurricane to hit this area the park was just about whipped out.  We remember pulling in here and finding quite a mess about 7 years ago.  They were busy replanting all the coconut palms destroyed by the storm.  These palms are adolescent sized now and bearing a lot of fruit.

The newest addition is this lovely restaurant.  The food is quite good.  Tonight we visited with the neighbors to long and I didn't feel like cooking so we ordered...get this....room service, yes they delivered Camaronies Yax-Ha to the rig.  Placed the tray right on my lap as I sat in the recliner. Camaronies Yax-Ha, are shrimp stuffed with ham and cheese, wrapped in bacon and grilled.  It was served with a mold of rice, a fresh salad and hot rolls.  Some of the best food ever eaten in a recliner.

The pool was an addition after the Hurricane.  Yes they will serve Camaronies Yax-Ha pool side also.

Just in case you don't travel with your own hammock they also provide them,  and a palm roofed palapa to keep the sun out of your eyes.

Lining the property on the street side are a half dozen or so of these charming and colorful rental unites.  They  were full this weekend.

The Park was really full this weekend with a wide variety of rigs and people. Everything from a caravan of Canadians to tents of College kids.  Let me introduce you to some of our neighbors.

This old man is George.  George lives in the rock wall just steps from our front door.  This is his favorite place to get a sun tan.  Last week he was very shy and would disappear if we stepped out of the coach.  It took him about 4 days to decide we weren't going to leave, so if he wanted sun he was just going to have to ignore us.  So there he sits a couple hours a day not 6 feet from where we sit in the lawn chairs reading.  Now George lives with a off spring but we rarely see him, he is just not as trusting as the old man.

This camper is interesting because it is first of all hand build and secondly it belongs to a Mexican family.   The folks in the rig were 50 something parents spending the holidays traveling with their 20 something young professional kids.  The really interesting part of this is the young lady, a psychologist,  spent the 2001 school year as a exchange student at Ferris High School in Spokane.  What are the odds of that?  I wanted to ask her the name of her host family but they packed up and left to early the next day.

This little rig is from France.  There are 2 adults and 2 children ages 8 and 10 in it.  They are on their way to South America.

This is Ribbons, he lives next door and is stranded here until major repair work is completed in Cancun on his truck.  This is the 2nd time Ribbons has been our neighbor.  He and his people left Catemaco a couple days ahead of us, broke down and spend a couple days along side the road.  Their issue was where to get towed for warranty work. The truck finally got towed to Cancun 238 miles away to the tune of over a grand.

This VW Camper belongs to a couple from Germany.  We haven't meet them.  They left the camper here and flew back to Germany for the Holidays before we arrived.  Notice the writing on the side.

Looking at all the places they have driven in the last ten years......I can only imagine the adventures they have had and the memories they have made.

In addition to these folks, the caravan and the college kids, we shared the park with 7 Canadian Rigs, 1 Michigan Rig and 3 Mexico tents.  All and all a very international and festive group.