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good morning everybody welcome to the most gorgeous paradise that i have been to
in a while that is also named after the most gorgeous creatures to walk this earth
which is women so welcome to the beautiful isla mujeres my friends the island of women this is
definitely an amazing place to visit in mexico it's only a 20-minute ferry ride from cancun
and if you're like me who doesn't really like the party and drinking and just like
loud noise kind of scene i would say that overall isla mujeres is much more laid back
most people actually only come here for a day trip so you will see a lot of people here during midday
but in the mornings and in the evenings it gets much quieter much more relaxed and much
more my speed but why i am up so early today is because i will be doing one of the most
popular things there are to do here on the island which is to go snorkeling these waters are really
rich in different marine life there is the great reef that kind of stretches all the way down the
riviera maya which extends up to here right now at the end of may there's supposed to be an abundance
of turtles that just laid their eggs and are in the waters here so that's
actually like the main part of the tour that i signed up for is i really wanted
to see sea turtles so i hope in today's snorkeling tour i will be able to see a lot of them i'll
give you guys a bit of a tour around the island it's about 10 kilometers long from end to end
you can rent you know little golf carts scooters or a bike to get around so i'll show you guys a
few different places on the island and hopefully convince you to visit when you come to mexico
now there are so many different tour operators on the island here and obviously out of cancun
as well so depending on what you want to do you know just do your research you know see
who has really good reviews or you know ask for recommendations i decided to go with this company
that was recommended to me called carry diving of course their focus is usually on scuba diving and
technically i am paddy certified but it's been a very long time since i went diving so they also
have snorkeling which is what i'll be doing today and also if you are planning to swim with the
whale sharks usually those tours are snorkeling i think like you have to wear a life jacket you're
not allowed to like swim underneath them so yeah just do your research um but the place that i'm
going with today um is super well rated and i really liked the guy who i chatted with yesterday
to book the tour so hopefully things will go well and we will have an amazing time
i don't know what to say guys that was one of those experiences where it's like it was
so amazing like i'm so glad i did it i got to see the turtles so many of them up close
phenomenal like a dream come true but on the other hand
i haven't been that seasick in a very long time i think the only other time that i have been seasick
was actually like a decade ago when i was in australia and i was on a sailboat went underneath
to the bottom part for an hour and then as soon as i came up it was like the world was spinning
felt like throwing up this time i actually did throw up like in a way it was good because it you
know make makes you feel better if you can throw up so i grew up literally three times and i wasn't
the only one i would say half of the people who were with me also got sick also threw up
and i especially felt really bad for one guy who had been drinking the night before you definitely
don't want to do that if you are going out into open water the next day but nevertheless like
i said i had an amazing time i don't regret it i will just be better prepared tomorrow when i plan
on going to you know see the whale sharks with the same company um like they did you know recommend
to me um anti-nausea medication and i thought no you know i don't need that it's not gonna
be that bad but no like with the whale sharks it's a good i think 50-minute boat ride like
you are really going out there to be where they live so a hundred percent i'm taking that before
i get on the boat tomorrow so now i am back uh in the town site i went and had a shower
and i'm actually super hungry right now but i don't feel like eating any kind of meat any kind
of seafood like my stomach is still you know not well so i found this really good uh vegan well
actually no i think they have meat here too but it's kind of like a healthy veggie restaurant so
i ordered a um veggie pad thai so i feel like that will be a good thing to kind of you know settle
my stomach get some nutrients in me and then we will continue our exploration of the island
so we are currently in the north of the island guys like all the main beaches are on the north
western side of the island the south is supposed to be nice as well but the thing to keep in mind
is that it really is just resorts on each side of the water with like you know two roads going by a
few restaurants and that's kind of it so it really depends what you want out of your vacation like if
you just want to stay at a resort and relax just in that area i'd say sure you can stay
in the south you'll obviously need to take transportation to get to this northern hub if
you want to come here but overall i think for most people staying in the north of the island would
make more sense if you want you know the really nice white sand beaches lots of restaurants shops
a lot of the tour operators here and also the ferries that you take to get to and from cancun
are also just here on the northern island as far as prices go here in isla mujeres i would say it's
probably similar to cancun maybe not as expensive as tulum if you guys watched that video that i did
the prices are definitely like the highest there that i have seen in mexico but isla mujeres is
definitely you know popular with tourists so you can definitely see that reflected in the prices
i am literally melting i am almost at my destination the most southern point of the island
and i just stopped at this i guess like water park it's kind of hard to describe what it is i see
some people kayaking snorkeling doing some kind of like i don't know obstacle course or something so
i actually didn't know this particular place was here there are a lot of other attractions on the
island like there's a lot of kind of you know kid sort of stuff with different games and kind
of like amusement park sort of things there's also a dolphinarium which you know maybe there
is a way to do it ethically but usually i think those sea world type of things aren't the best
to support so you know there is that but i wouldn't really personally go to it there
used to be a turtle sanctuary that i would have gone to because they actually like helped them
then go into the wild but sadly that is closed now but yeah just to let you guys know as i'm biking
um because the bikes you know that they rent here aren't you know anything new they are pretty old
school they only have one speed it's really hard to get up the hills you sweat buckets and it's
literally only me and the locals it seems who are viking basically all the other tourists are like
on golf carts and scooters so of course that's an easier way to get around the island but also more
expensive and i personally like you know getting in the exercise for you know my daily numbers
i made it so happy i hope it doesn't rain the weather suddenly kind of took a turn
and it's kind of you know cloudy and overcast but why this area is famous guys other than
being absolutely stunning is that there are supposed to be some remaining mayan
ruins at the very tip now this also has to do with how isla mujeres got its name because when the
spanish came here in the 16th century am i going the right way yes um when the spanish came here
they saw all these different sculptures you know hieroglyphs of all these different goddesses all
these different women so you know they're very simple and they named it is the island
oh okay you have to pay guys i didn't realize i was so into telling the story that yes you have to
pay 30 pesos of two dollars to get it so don't do what i just did but anyways as i was saying uh the
spanish came here saw these you know figures which you know are not these ones but they saw different
figurines thought they were just regular women but in fact in pre-columbian times uh this island
was actually a very sacred place uh to the mayan goddess ix chill if i'm pronouncing it correctly
and she was kind of the goddess of love and fertility so you know this was a very sacred
place to come to it is also believed that there was a figure to her at this very southern point
of the island and it almost served as a sort of lighthouse to any incoming ships
i don't think that original sculpture is there anymore from what i can see here but there are
you know some buildings uh that i think are left over and that are actually original
foreign
i don't know what to say holy moly this is incredible like from the top it's nice it's a
pretty view but when you come down here and like walk the paths and the color of the water oh my
gosh this is definitely one of the most beautiful places that i think i have been to in this whole
like latin america saga of brazil colombia mexico this is definitely one of my favorite places
and of course it is it's named after the most stunning creatures as i said in the beginning of
the video this is definitely the island of women and i can't believe i'm saying this but i think
the next video that i put out what i'm doing tomorrow hopefully seeing some whale sharks
and living to tell the tale but after that i am going back to canada it has been basically six
months since i set off on this journey have had an absolutely phenomenal time but i will
say i'm getting tired i need to you know take a bit of a break so bc will still be you know
fast-paced sort of filming and touring around but when i get to alberta i will be chilling out
for at least a month so i hope you guys have been enjoying this whole series it really means a lot
to me when you guys say that the places that i show inspire you to go there so i hope isla
mujeres has made as much of an impression on you as it has on me as always i am sending you guys
so much love i hope you're having a fantastic day and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
you