{"id":2988,"date":"2017-03-15T08:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2017-04-19T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:46:49","slug":"xcalak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2988","title":{"rendered":"Xcalak."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xcalak POP 380.<\/p>\n<p>The rickety wooden houses, beached fishing launches and lazy gliding pelicans make this tiny town plopped in the middle of nowhere a perfect escape. Blessed by virtue of its remoteness and the Chinchorro atoll (preventing the creation of a cruise-ship port), Xcalak may yet escape the development boom.<\/p>\n<p>I stayed in a lovely cheap condo owned by Gallos and his family.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best culinary surprises I had in Mexico was at Leaky Palapa Restaurant. Run by two Canadian ladies, the food here is amazing. I am not a snobby restaurant patron but I do know good food from bad, and this place is unbelievable. Marla and Linda are culinary rock stars.<\/p>\n<p>XTC Divers came highly recommended by a dive centre in Honduras. It&#8217;s a very personable experience here and the dive sites are incredible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3482.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2987\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3482.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3482-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3482-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3482-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2983\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3480.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3480-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3480-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2985\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3484.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3484.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3484-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3484-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3484-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2986\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/img_3485-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNext stage: Tulum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xcalak POP 380. The rickety wooden houses, beached fishing launches and lazy gliding pelicans make this tiny town plopped in the middle of nowhere a perfect escape. Blessed by virtue of its remoteness and the Chinchorro atoll (preventing the creation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2988\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[146,144,145],"class_list":["post-2988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexico","tag-leaky-palapa-restaurant","tag-xcalac","tag-xtc-divers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Richard Griffith\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2988\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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