If you want a throwback to the 1950's, ride the old cargo ferry S/B Isla Mujeres for 45 leisurely minutes across 5km of impossibly blue-green seas to---can you guess--- Isla Mujeres. With all the boat traffic in this channel, how does the water stay so clear and clean? No oil slick, no algae, no floating blobs of plastic.
This ferry and its identical twin S/B Isla Blanca transport beat-up old trucks loaded down with cement blocks, steel beams, Donkey Show energy drink, and food from a company called "FUD". Also on board are a few beat-up private cars and walk-on local passengers. This trip there were 4 couples from Quebec on small Yamaha scooters --- you think they drove them the 5,500km from Montreal? And a guy had his fishing gear spooled out behind the boat --- would have to be a determined sea bass to keep up with the bait!
Yesterday we had enjoyed a fish dinner on the sand but returned on the open top deck of the ferry with a dark storm planning an ambush from the north. Had some great views, got a little wet.
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