Welcome to Puerto Aventuras

Dee and I are so fortunate to have a marina spot here in Puerto Aventuras which is the most protected spot for tropical storms and hurricane on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.  We are confident there will not be a hurricane, but of course by the time anyone watches the video Hurricane season will be over and we will know for sure.  This community is perfect spot where Journey is safe when we fly back and forth to the states and a spot where we can explore the rest of the country from and still have a great tropical setting.  Let me start by sharing some information about this great community.

https://caribbeanclub.pro/puerto-aventuras-en.html
Puerto Aventuras is a small town on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, which is located 15 km from Playa del Carmen and 80 km from the Cancun International Airport.   Puerto Aventuras can be divided into two parts. The first part is located far from the sea, where the local population mainly lives. The village has all the infrastructure: schools, kindergartens, a supermarket, small private stores, a market to name a few
.The second part is a private residence on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, which is the most unique and popular place for both recreation and living along the entire coast of the Riviera Maya. The uniqueness of this place consists in the natural landscape and developed infrastructure. If you look at the map, you will notice that most of the village is natural water channels and lagoons. Thanks to this, the creators of Puerto Aventuras have made a kind of paradise for life and relaxation.
Puerto Aventuras has several large marinas for boats and yachts, a dolphinarium, golf course, tennis courts, a large number of bars, coffee shops and restaurants, stores, hotels, private condominiums, and houses. There is a supermarket 250 meters from the exit of the residence, where you can buy everything you need.
The village of Puerto Aventuras is very popular between native residents, almost 50% of the population are Mexicans. The rest of the residents are citizens of the USA, Canada, Italy, Germany, and other European and Latin American countries.
https://friendsofpa.org/who-we-are/history/
In the early 1980s, a small area of jungle was cleared and a staff housing unit built across the highway from Puerto Aventuras, a new resort community in the Riviera Maya. The clearing quickly grew into a small village or poblado with little more than an elementary school, some stores, and a church. By 1995, 2,000 employees and their families were living in the poblado that had many needs, among them education.  This grew into the birth of Friends of Pa who provide educational need for adults and children in the poblado.  So much more can be found about this community online as it continues to grow and have needs.  Today the population is around 23,000 with most living in the poblano across the highway.
After returning from our trip from Ek Balam we wanted to return the favor to Tony and Annette by taking them out on a trip aboard Journey.  It was a beautiful day but the seas were rolling just a little.  We went to a local spot called Arrecife INAH.  We were soon surrounded by other chartered boats, but we enjoyed swimming with the fish and rays on the little reef and Tony and Dee had an encounter with a sea turtle. He was curious and actually bit Tony’s snorkel mask.   On the way back we scored a Mahi Mahi or Dorado as the locals call this fish.
We felt is was a joint effort to reel this one in with the winds picking up and the seas working against us.  Even the pelican thought he should be part of enjoying the bounty and he did.  Dee and I took our portion to Lattitudes it was awesome!
Easter Morning arrives and Dee and I walk out onto the rocks to watch the sunrise over the water.  It was beautiful easter morning.  We are thankful for all God has given us and allowed us to experience over the last few years.  We enjoyed Easter Dinner with Tony and Annette and the beautiful view from their condo.
We woke one morning to the smoothest seas we had seen in awhile and decided to explore in Shelby.  We headed North toward Paamul.  Reefs are located all along the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and Paamul is only a 3 miles run for us.  Paamul has a deserted bay called Yan-Ten bay which we found a few charter boats using this day as well since the waters were calm.  The water was so clear and calm we could see the bottom.  We checked out several spots that we return to often.  On the way back, Dee caught a small bonita that we gave back to the sea.
As we returned to the marina, I spotted a starfish who visits the area around Journey often.  The water does have to be still and clear to spot him most times and our first spotted ray drive by.  Almost every day we see a large stingray visit the marina,  as the day came to a close Sea Hag from North Carolina arrived to a spot just in front of us.  Fishing was on their mind as the dorado are running!
While sitting on the deck of Journey we met a man and his family Tizman.  He asked about our boat and we let his family take some pictures on board.  He later brought his mom back who made us some authentic Kibbeh which is a Lebanese dish and his son and I enjoyed getting to know each other better.
Although, we bought the Moto about a month ago, she is finally street legal.  After Dee made 4 trips to Playa Del Carmen and I went twice we finally have success in registering the bike and getting a plato.  WE named the bike Metallika and we are now ready for some adventures. To thank Tony and Annette for all the help and tris to Playa, we went to the restaurant at Paamul.  A beautiful spot but we forgot pictures even of the meal - Well until we were done.  We shared a large grouper.
The next smooth morning, we decided to explore south of Puerto Aventuras on Shelby.  We weren’t sure looking at maps and the reef until we saw a catamaran head in the south end of Xpu-Ha at a spot called playa Zuri.  A deep channel in between the rocks and the reef.  We enjoyed snorkeling here and seeing some different underwater views but not quite as beautiful as Paamul underwater but beautiful above.
We end the month of April spotting our first Osprey on the sailboat behind us.  We are having a blast with so much more to come…..