Bacalar

We traveled 3 hours south close to the Beliz border to the small town of Bacalar. We would only spend 2 nights, but two nights were enough to explore this adorable town. The big tourist attractions of Bacalar is its enormous lake. It is proudly know as the lake of 7 colours by locals. However the most recent hurricane which hit in November had apparently disturbed the silt at the bottom of the lake making it more like the lake of 2 colours, but it was none the less beautiful.

After our coffin ship bedroom in Tulum we (or more like I) decided we were due a bit of luxury. We booked a small cabaña at Rancho Encantado which opened up right onto the lake. The cabaña was adorable with a thatched roof, a four poster bed and an outdoor jacuzzi. If we rathered fresh water we could climb down the ladder right outside our own front door into the lake. It was bliss.

There's not much to do in Bacalar, other than enjoy the lake, but after the madness of Tulum it was just what we needed.

We took one of the hotels double canoes one afternoon and rowed about 5km across the lake. After five years together, Jonny finally got to show off his famous rowing skills. We also visited the Fuerte de San Felipe, an 18th-century fort at the center of the town. It was built by the spanish, who destroyed the indigenous community, a story which is repeated throughout every town and city we visited.

Bacalar gave us a brief but well deserved rest and the most 'honeymoon' experience we'd had yet.