Isla Mujeres: Day 2 - South end

Here is a shot of the dock we got at the resort. It is normally reserved for mega yachts, but it was the only slip they had, so we got lucky!

Jan, Minnie and I went on a long walk around the southern part of the island today.

There were iguanas everywhere. I even saw one fall out of a tree (haha). This particular guy was huge.

First stop was at the turtle farm. It was on the water and had a beautiful beach.

There were little baby sea turtles,

and some sort of albino sea turtle,

crustaceans,

kabuto,

more crustaceans,

sea horses,

Bart Simpson fish,

and starfish.

I asked this guy to smile for a picture, but he was a little crabby.

This stingray came out of nowhere in the crab aquarium. I thought he was just the ground.

Here is a really ugly rock fish with a beautiful lion fish behind him. Lion fish are highly toxic and have invaded the caribbean waters. They have no predators in this area and are eating up all the local game fish. Authorities are trying to kill them all.

There were a few big turtle tanks outside as well.

This guy would allow you to swim with his nurse shark for money. I might have to do that!

We went for lunch at Captain Dulches, which was unbelievable.

You could choose to sit on the beach and have your food and drinks delivered there.

The bar was converted from an old gaff-rigged sailboat. As sailors, we obviously chose to sit near it.

Still a great view of the beach though!

Fish tacos for lunch washed down with a margarhita.

They had a bunch of pet Macaws on the path to the restaurant (look in the trees).

A Jamaican bar called The Joint. I could not resist taking a picture of it.

A really nice view of Garrafon Park. They had snorkeling, ziplines, beach beds, hammocks, etc.

This was at the most southern point of the island.

Another restaurant/bar with a great view.

Isla Mujeres = "Island of Women"

And our final stop for the day was a house that was shaped like a giant conch shell, Casa Caracol. You can rent it for $1,200 a week.