{"id":11810,"date":"2005-02-06T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-06T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/?p=11810"},"modified":"2023-03-24T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:21:51","slug":"not-so-fast-times-at-punta-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/blog\/2005\/02\/06\/not-so-fast-times-at-punta-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so Fast Times at Punta Allen&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned in my posting, Punta Allen was a complete surprise to us. We almost missed it. Thanks to a migraine headache I had, we didn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s the first time I was GLAD I had a migraine! These are just a few of the great shots we got while we were there. This place was definitely a highlight of the trip thus far&#8230;<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoSailingMeSteering.jpg\" alt=\"Raf, sailing at sunset on our way to Punta Allen\" title=\"Here's a great shot of Raf during our sundowner. Great sailing, cold beer, doesn't get much better...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenCosmoandLucy.jpg\" alt=\"Cosmo and Lucy in the cockpit\" title=\"Cosmo and Lucy in the cockpit during our nice quiet morning sail into Punta Allen...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenLongWay.JPG\" alt=\"Dinghying our way into Punta Allen\" title=\"Here's a shot of us heading into Punta Allen for the first time, on a very long and wet dinghy ride. We did find out about a back way through the mangroves that was much quicker, and dryer. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenCorona.JPG\" alt=\"A shot of the beach at Punta Allen.\" title=\"A shot of the beach at Punta Allen.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenHardAtWork.jpg\" alt=\"Here we are hanging out at the beach bar at Punta Allen.\" title=\"Here we are hanging out with Bob (the trimaran guy) at Punta Allen on our first day in. This was pretty much how we spent the whole afternoon. Work, work, work... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenLobster.JPG\" alt=\"me buying lobster\" title=\"This is the lobster we had to pick from, when we bought FRESH lobster from the local fishing coop. It was a hard job, but we got it done. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenEnteringMangrove.JPG\" alt=\"entering the mangroves...\" title=\"Here we are entering the mangroves, that took us the back way into Punta Allen. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenLocalChild1.JPG\" alt=\"Local kid hamming it up...\" title=\"One of the local kids hamming it up for Raf... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenStreet.JPG\" alt=\"Roos, Bob and me walking down main street.\" title=\"Roos, Bob and I walking down what is basically main street Punta Allen. Might as well have been rush hour!\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoCulebraCays1.JPG\" alt=\"us anchored in Culebra Cay for lunch.\" title=\"Here's a shot of us anchored in Culebra Cay, just off Punta Allen, for lunch on our first day. Absolutely beautiful and total solitude, you gotta love it!\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenRozlounging.JPG\" alt=\"Roos, lounging out during our lunch anchorage... \" title=\"Roos, lounging out during our lunch anchorage...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenRozw-Coronasign.JPG\" alt=\"Roos, hanging out at the beach in Punta Allen... \" title=\"Roos, hanging out on the beach in Punta Allen, this message is brought to you by the fine people of Corona Beer.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenBobTrimaran.JPG\" alt=\"Bob's damaged trimaran on the beach.\" title=\"This is Bob's trimaran, the guy from Key West that I mentioned in my post, who ended up running into the reef while trying to leave Punta Allen. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenFestival1.jpg\" alt=\"Locals dancing with pigs' heads...\" title=\"This was during the big Our Lady of Guadalupe festival that we happened to be in town for. The people that are dancing outside of their church have lavishly decorated pigs' heads on their heads. Hey, it's a tradition of theirs, we didn't ask questions. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/MexicoPuntaAllenFestival2.jpg\" alt=\"another pigs' heads dance pic\" title=\"Another shot of the pigs' heads dancing... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/log_b2\/index.php?blog=5&amp;p=106&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/log_b2\/skins\/custom\/img\/chain_link.gif\" alt=\"Permalink\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned in my posting, Punta Allen was a complete surprise to us. We almost missed it. Thanks to a migraine headache I had, we didn&#8217;t. It&#8217;s the first time I was GLAD I had a migraine! These are just a few of the great shots we got while we were there. This place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11811,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11810\/revisions\/11811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}