Celestun - Small Fishing Village

Celestun - Small Fishing Village - Western Yucatan

One of the last of the get away from it all small fishing villages on the Gulf coast is Celestun. About 6,000 people live in this authentic little town, a 3 hour drive west of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and light years back in time from Cancun.

Date: 02/28/2010

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I continue my walk-about, exploring the whole city in a couple of hours. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 3205	Homeland security. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 3197	The main drag. This has a couple of stores on it, around 3 cheap hotels and 3 restaurants. From here it heads north by the vacation rental homes and on into the nature reserve a few miles north of the city. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 3105
My final lunch on the beach at the La Palapa. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 4322	Celestun appears mostly a weekend break for Meridans. Monday finds only 4 on the beach. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 5061	Lunch is fried fish, around $6 US. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 2722
A 3 hour sun bathing and back to the hotel for shower and evening sunset on my balcony. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 2371	For final dinner, I return to the Casa Peon for Snapper Veracruz. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 2735	This candle burns each night at the corner telephone pole. Remembrance of a lost family member who in the past fatally collided with it. Tomorrow it's the 5AM bus to Merida, Cancun and Holbox. Date: 03/01/2010 Views: 6022

Celestun - Small Fishing Village - Western Yucatan

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