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We have a lot of great independent fly fishing guides here in Xcalak. I am putting up profiles of the guides in this space. I have personally been out fishing with every one that is highlighted here so I can personally vouch for their expertise and professionalism.Orlando is another one...

Victor Manuel Castro Gutierrez has passed on today. He had COVID-19. For those who didn’t know Victor, he was one of the best human beings I knew. I loved him as a fly fishing guide. He guided my first Permit in 2009. And he guided my biggest permit in 2017....

Although it is possible to get to Xcalak via bus, the preferred method to get to Acocote Eco Inn from the airport is renting a car and driving down. This has a number of advantages. You can get to our restaurants in town, maybe do a day trip to a Mayan ruin....

OverviewThis restaurant is in the hotel in the main square in Valladolid, The hotel is a nice place to stay as well, but this is a review of the restaurant. You enter the restaurant from main square in Valladolid. It is in an open air courtyard. And the menu is...

This is another attraction in Valladolid. Traveling around the American West, you get used to seeing “really old” stuff be from 1800’s, and even on the east coast the 1700’s. Valladolid is a very different experience. The Convent of San Bernardino is just a Kilometer from the center of town....

Ok, another post of a not quite restaurant. This is in the Market at Filipe Carillo Puerto. Driving down from Cancun, Filipe Carillo Puerto is the largest town you will run into south of Tulum. It is roughly half way between Cancun and the turnoff to Mahahual near Limiones. If...

OverviewIf you are staying in Tulum on your way down to Xcalak, and you have a hankering for a good steak, give La Braceria a try.Our ExperienceSo we went to La Braceria on the recommendation of one of our neighbors and fellow Xcalak Hotel owner. We were spending the night...

OverviewAfter cheating a bit on this blog calling Calakmul a “Day-trip”, this is truly a day-trip from Xcalak. If you are in Chetumal and have some extra time, Oxtankah is a nice ruin close to town in a park-like setting. The ruin itself was probably founded in the Pre-classic around 600 BC...

So this is cheating a bit. This is probably not a day trip from Xcalak for most people. It took us about 6 hours one way to get there from Xcalak. When I was first researching it, google maps said 6 hours, and I couldn’t believe it because it didn’t...

OverviewThis was the second edition of the Silver Scales Xcalak Fly Fishing Tournament. To see the write up of the first tournament click here. So this year we had 10 boats and 20 anglers including Alejandro “Mr. Sandflea” Vega, Jose “Careto” Ucan who won the Del Brown Permit Tournament this year,...