Day 16 Cancun and Isla Mujeres

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Yucatan Bicycle Tour

Day 16 Cancun and Isla Mujeres

Boat and palm tree
Fishing boat on Isla Mujeres

Paul flew home today. After breakfast I headed off to the beach at the Hotel Zone. I find it amazing that we were both functioning this morning. I wandered along the beach a bit. But, all those big hotels are not my thing. So, I took a fast catamaran-type ferry to Isla Mujeres.

Isla Mujeres is much more scenic and interesting than Cancum. Besides being a tourist hangout, it is still a working fishing village. There was a beautiful white sand beach there with palm trees on the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Everywhere you looked it was like a postcard. I really liked it. I can think of a lot worse places to spend an afternoon.

Beach
One of many nice beaches on Isla Mujeres

Tom
Waiting for the ferry back to Cancun

I spent an hour talking in Spanish to this off-duty cop who was hanging out near the beach. He was my age and mainly talked about family. His family lived elsewhere. He was obviously lonely. And he seemed to enjoy having someone to talk to. I and he was I'm so glad I took the time to learn the language.