7 years of Holbox Guide A day like today, but in 2014 Holbox Guide came to light, the first app devoted to Holbox Island available for both iOS and Android. I still remember the feeling of that rainy day. A few days earlier, the local landowner’s protests had overrun the mayor’s office. The Islands taxi drivers almost lynched us, believing …
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The Sacred Maya Tree The “Ceiba” a Majestic, exuberant and almost divine tree you’d like to hug. The Maya consider it to be a sacred tree, the axis of the world. It is believed that its branches support the heavens and its roots are the bridge that communicates the living to the underworld. One of the oldest and closest to …
Read MoreWhale Shark Encounter Rules The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is one of the three species of Sharks that feed through a water filtration mechanism, along with the Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the Boquiancho shark (Mega Mouth Shark), which holds a wide variety of plankton and nekton, including small crustaceans like krill, crab and algae, small fish like sardines, anchovies, …
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Being born and raised in Holbox is like winning the lottery…The people of Holbox really enjoy their island and in turn transmit this to their children, who are always glowing with happiness under the Holbox sun… But the island is changing, as is the rest of the world. Thus, it is important that these youngsters – who have never experienced …
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-The fisherman has no shoes, has bad taste, but knows great times Don Emir Campos, better known as Ñañas, is one of the most beloved characters of Holbox Island, this peculiar fisherman is also a composer and a musician, as well as an experienced “weather man”. Fish or no fish cast your longline.Brave, master of the longline, bait and net, …
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The raspberry marquesita, with cream cheese and dutch “EDAM” cheese shreds, obtained the Golden Fork Award for being the best dessert during the 1st International Gastronomy Fest in Holbox Island. This culinary jewel, first emerged in 1938 as a craving creation by Mr. Vicente Mena “Polito”, who originally was selling ice cream in the park of Santiago in Merida.During the …
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