http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9701 9701 I underestimate the time to get to Celestun. It took 6 hours from Campeche due to so many stops of the Merida/Celestun run. At 7:30 I grab dinner at the only open restaurant in town where dogs are also welcomed. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9704 9704 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9707 9707 A delicious snapper, Veracruz style! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9710 9710 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9713 9713 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9716 9716 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9719 9719 Sunday morning, up to have a beach walk. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9722 9722 This is where the fishing boats come in and sell their fish in the evenings and where the boat captains pick up anyone who wants to go see the flamingos (well worth the trip). http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9725 9725 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9728 9728 The pier looked interesting from a distance. When I arrive I see why the 3 fishermen on the end have stopped fishing! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9731 9731 I ask and it turns out these chicas are happy to pose. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9734 9734 Sharing the pier are very distracted fishermen. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9737 9737 I promised my sister no more butt shots but but .... http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9740 9740 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9743 9743 A very long pier, but happily too small for cruise ships. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9746 9746 View back toward town from the pier. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9749 9749 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9752 9752 I stop by the Pronatura office at the end of the pier and find the young man manning the office is looking out the window. Oh, I see .... the chicas are going back to their resort hotel somewhere far, far away. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9755 9755 A large, seemingly wasted effort by Pronatura here; I think, wish they had spent this money on Cisco's project instead! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9758 9758 A lot of money went into this building only to host about 20 posters it looks like. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9761 9761 Walking back to the hotel, I pass a brand new, very upscale restaurant, Casa Peon. Looks interesting and the prices are fair. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9764 9764 Casa Peon (still open as of Jun 2011) http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9767 9767 Very fancy inside Casa Peon! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9770 9770 The lock on the front door of my hotel jams and I have to find a young man at the hotel down the street to jump the hotel wall and let me in each time, so I decide to move at the owner's offer. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=9773 9773 Moved to the Hotel Mary Carmen. I'll be on the 3rd floor and the rent goes from $12 a night to $20 US, per English speaking Suehay. Not a bad view from this old beach front hotel.