{"id":258,"date":"2009-01-29T13:58:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T19:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saskatchewangypsy.wordpress.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2009-01-29T13:58:39","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T19:58:39","slug":"telchac-puerto-and-san-crisantos-mangrove-swamplands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2009\/01\/29\/telchac-puerto-and-san-crisantos-mangrove-swamplands\/","title":{"rendered":"Telchac Puerto and San Crisanto’s Mangrove Swamplands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The town administration centre for Telchac Puerto.<\/p><\/div>\n

Having finished our visit to X’combo, we drove north to the town of Telchac Puerto in order to see the damage done to the town by Hurricane Isadore which caused a lot of damage to the northern shore of the Yucatan.\u00a0 First stop was the town square, a place that featured a great place for kids to play and for villagers to gather.\u00a0 On the north side of the square was the town administration centre which was brightly painted with a sea scene, a recent work of art created by Rigel Sauri.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This is all that remains of the town's dock due to Hurricane Isadore.<\/p><\/div>\n

Though we were in the town in order to look at the\u00a0hurricane destruction, the mural painted on the town building was worth the stop.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Then we went to the northern edges of the town, a few blocks away from the town plaza.\u00a0 There, where one would normally be able to walk on a dock out into the sea, we saw only twisted remnants.\u00a0 Along the shore, broken buildings and abandoned buildings that would only need a bit of repair.\u00a0 It will be quite some time before the town completely recovers from the hurricane’s damage.<\/div>\n
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Armed marines making a determined effort to halt the flow of drugs and guns into Mexico.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Then, it was time to continue on our journey to San Crisanto where we were to take a small boat through a mangrove swamp in search of birds and alligators.\u00a0 Several times during our journey we ran into road blocks manned by either the federal police or military marines.\u00a0 They were stopping everyone in an attempt to deal with the issues of drugs and guns in Mexico.\u00a0 The marines were friendly as they went about their business of doing spot checks through the vehicle.\u00a0 But, make no mistake about it, they meant business.<\/div>\n
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Finally we arrived at the base where we were to take the boat.\u00a0 While waiting for our guide we had some time for checking out a craft shop.\u00a0 Most of the stuff on display was made from either shells or from coconut husks.\u00a0 The workmanship was incredible.\u00a0 And no, we didn’t buy anything.\u00a0 But, it did give us some ideas for what we could do with our shell collection when we get back home to Canada.<\/div>\n
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A termite colony up in a tree within the mangrove swamp.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

As the boat began to make its way through a narrow channel that was cut out of the mangrove swamp, work done by hand by local men and women, we saw birds pass by too quickly for our cameras.\u00a0 The smell of the swampland was actually quite pleasant rather than the sick and cloying smell one usually associates with swamps.\u00a0 But then again, this is was a saltwater swamp.\u00a0 A few times we spotted large clumps of what appeared to be dirt up in the branches of trees, termite colonies.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

\"dsc02899\"<\/a>The boat travelled on being poled by our guide as the water was much too shallow for a motor.\u00a0 We made it to a cenote where we all got out for a refreshing dip.\u00a0 A cenote is basically a sweet water pool, water that is filtered through the bed of limestone rock and gravel that makes up the basic bedrock of the Yucatan peninsula.\u00a0 On the return through the mangrove swamp we saw a baby crocodile swim by within inches of our small boat.\u00a0 Sadly, he disappeared before I could get a photo of him.\u00a0 However, seeing him was enough.\u00a0 Back at our starting point we continued our journey where we were to travel Rio Lagartos where we were to spend the night before getting to see pink flamingos the next day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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