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Out of the Country by Boat

“Wanna go to Mexico?� We’re heading to Xcalak tomorrow.”

“Xcalak?� Ok?� How do you�spell that?� I’ll need to Google it.”

Xcalak, or Xcalac�(pronounced ish-kalak) is in Quintana Roo and�part of�the Costa Maya.� Here is a map of the area.

Do you see that little piece of land below Xcalak?� That is Ambergris Caye, Belize.

It is said that Xcalak and San Pedro have always been similar fishing villages, however, San Pedro has blossomed while Xcalak has remained “old school”.� The locals will tell you that there is a story behind its lack of progression.� Apparently, a group of men/people got really drunk one night, grabbed the local priest in town, rid him of all of�his clothing and threw him into the Caribbean.� Afterward, the�priest toweled off, contemplated his next move and decided to curse the�town and then he�left.

Anyway………It’s about an hour and 15 minutes boat ride from San Pedro Town and we headed out at around 10:00am.� Action Divers and Adventures provided their time and boat for this journey.� They are so GREAT!

Staying within the reef, we headed out on the back side of the island.� It’s only about 10 miles from�Belize to Xcalak.� �When you� actually get to Mexico, you get to travel through this absolutely gorgeous split between the two countries.� On the left is Mexico…..On the right is Belize.