SISAL, MEXICO
MAY 25
SISAL WAS AN AIRBNB LED LOCATION. SEARCHING PLACES TO STAY ON MEXICO'S NORTH YUCATAN COAST, I CAME ACROSS CASA PIEDRA MAYA. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, AND CAME WITH A FEW LITTLE EXTRAS, SUCH AS A BOAT TRIP OUT THROUGH THE MANGROVES WITH FAUSTO, AND A TRADITIONAL YUCATAN BREAKFAST DELIVERED TO THE HOUSE ON OUR FIRST MORNING THERE. IN ALL HONESTY THERE IS NOT MUCH IN SISAL, IT IS HARD TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT AFTER 7PM, UNUSUAL THAT THERE IS NOT EVEN A TACO STAND IN SIGHT. BUT THE BEACH IS SENSATIONAL, SOFT WHITE SAND, COVERED IN PRETTY COLOURFUL SHELLS. THERE IS A CHARM TO THE PASTEL COLOURED TOWN WHERE NOT MUCH SEEMS TO GO ON, AND ITS FIERY SUNSETS EACH NIGHT BECOME ADDICTIVE. OUT ON THE MANGROVES FLOCKS OF FLAMINGOS KEPT COMING AS NIGHT THREATENED TO FALL. IT WAS A MAGICAL PLACE, AND UNLIKE ANYWHERE ELSE IN MEXICO THAT I HAVE BEEN.
