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Golf Carting

So today we got up and rented a golf cart again. The cart this time was a little fancier. It was pouring outside. Luckily when we picked up Aoife and Sean it had stopped raining. We drove to the GreenVerde Restaurant again. This time I had the chilaquiles and I didn’t think it was that great. After lunch we drove down to Punta Sur again. It was so hot! When we finally got down to the beach the water felt amazing. And of course it was completely beautiful.

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We walked around after swimming and took some nice selfies.

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After checking out Punta Sur we decided to stop by Tortugranja again. Here Don and I checked out the old man’s sea life he was showing off. We held a small stingray, a sea urchin, and a horseshoe crab. After that we headed over to the Caribbean side to look for a place to have a drink before heading back. We decided to stop at a place that had a sign that said “Beer So Cold It’ll Make Your Teeth Hurt”. This was the bar at the Villa La Bella Bed & Breakfast. The bar was very cool looking; it had swings around it. My first drink there wasn’t actually a beer because I really wanted a pina colada. I’m glad I got it because it was super good. Later I did have a Tecate and it was cold, so no letdown here. The place had a great view. We sat out watching some storm clouds pass and we even saw some dolphins swimming.

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This place also had a lot of rules to abide by…

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On our drive back it started raining again. We felt bad because it started pouring after we dropped off Aoife and Sean and they were heading to the port. It was fun spending the day with them! Hopefully we will meet again sometime!

When we got back it was still raining so we went inside our hotel and hoped it would stop after we got showered. Luckily the rain tapered off a bit and so we went out for our last night on Isla. We ate at an Argentinian Steakhouse called L’Argentina Grill. The food was pretty good here, but the service was not so great. It was a pretty good steak though. After dinner we were tired and we needed to do some packing since we leave in the morning so we went back to the hotel. At the hotel we watched the movie Sinister on Netflix while packing. This vacation has been amazing! I don’t want to leave but I’m definitely ready to start planning our next adventure.

Golf Carting on Isla.

So today we woke up and we really didn’t have a plan, but we ultimately decided to rent a golf cart to tour the island. If you are visiting Isla Mujeres getting a golf cart is the thing to do. It was easy for us to rent because we just went through the front desk at our hotel. It was $45 for the day. The only downside was no one from the hotel showed us how to use the golf cart and neither of us have ever drove a golf cart. Luckily we could figure it out. We found this cool whale shark replica on the drive.

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On our way to the southern point of the island we stopped at a restaurant called GreenVerde. I found it on tripadvisor and it was highly recommended. The place is very cute and interesting because it is made entirely of recycled materials. I had a good steak burrito and Don had a breakfast dish. It was probably one of the better meals we have had here.

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Next we stopped at Tortugranja which is a turtle sanctuary. Basically it is a place where turtle’s eggs are protected to hatch. There were a lot of turtles. It was a little weird because there wasn’t a lot of information about the place so it just looked like a bunch of tanks with turtles in them. There was also a pen in the water that contained a few nurse sharks, turtles, and rays. It was a pretty big pen but it was kind of weird to have this with no explanation. I did hear from someone that this place helps rehabilitate sea animals. It was a little disappointing that there was no information about anything.
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Next we went to Punta Sur which is the Southern-most point of Isla Mujeres. It was so hot! We made our way down the path with a bunch of sculptures and it was beautiful.

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I think Punta Sur in Isla Mujeres was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. I loved this…

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The water was so blue and clear. It was amazing. At the very southern point there were stairs to go down to the water. Here you could read about the Cliff of the Dawn which is the Eastern-most point of Mexico. It was absolutely beautiful. There were lots of crazy rock formations also. We saw some people snorkeling and we were really disappointed that we didn’t bring our snorkeling stuff. We found out later these guys were hunting lobster. We saw a few more people snorkeling so we think we might come back on Friday to try it out.

We saw two dolphins swimming out in the water. It was one of the coolest things to see dolphins swimming out in the wild. We really liked walking around here.

Once we were done at Punta Sur we drove up the Caribbean side of Isla. Once we got back we went to our beach at Playa Norte and did some snorkeling. The snorkeling was pretty good here considering it was a sandy beach. There were things put in the water to break waves and this allowed plant life to grow and attract fish. We swam out pretty far. We saw a little spotted sting ray. I felt like I was getting stung by something but I never saw anything in the water.

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Once we were done snorkeling it was of course time to go eat dinner. We tried a place called Qubano which was Cuban food. It was recommended on trip advisor I think…but neither of us were very impressed. I got a Cuban sandwich, one of my favorite things, and it was not even close to the best one I’ve had. I don’t remember what Don had but it also wasn’t that great. Also, they only had drink specials on mojitos, which I don’t like, but I drank anyway.

During dinner we discussed if we wanted to do the whale shark excursion again because we noticed Juan had a sign up at Ocean Adventures for a 2 for 1 whale shark special. This meant we would only have to pay $120 for 2 of us to go rather than each of us. I was a little hesitant because I don’t think anything can top the first time. We saw sharks already…do we really want to go out again? What if we don’t see any? But then after talking about it more I was kind of feeling like I could go either way, so I told Don I wanted him to decide because tomorrow is his birthday. Don chose to book whale sharks again for his birthday. So now I am getting pumped for whale shark excursion #2!