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Making good on my 5 year long promise to attend friend Juan Guzman's daughter, Alejandria's, Quienceanara this weekend, I hop aboard a cheap flight to Cancun where I grab the day long string of buses to reach the remote fishing village of Celestun. I need to unwind for a few days and there is no better location than here.

Date: 07/19/2011

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Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1596	It appears that even the smallest of markets still has a prominent corner allocated for prayer. I can understand shrines at the bus stations but it seems like prayer over food would come once it's prepared. Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1653	Fish is the name of the game in tiny Celestun and each morning always provides plenty of it up for sale. Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1423
Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1761	Capture the moment - note the guy holding up his pesos for a bag of fish. Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1789	Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1681
Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 2335	If you want a fish photo, take mine, the young man proclaims. Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1543	It appears many of the old restaurants have closed here, either for the season or permanently. After a long walk, I finally pass an open restaurant but with no customers. Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1507
Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1423	Up early each morning during my stay, I have ample time to walk the beach and streets before the piping-hot noon sun sends everyone to lurk in the shadows. Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1626	This is Mexico, as genuine as it gets! Date: 07/20/2011 Views: 1504

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