| Page Views: 2,454 Last Visit to Bacalar: February, 2006 | Town of Bacalar near Chetumal by Redlats - last update: Apr 2, 2006 |
Bacalar is a vacation town in the southwest corner of the Yucatan Penisula, on the way to Chetumal. There are not a lot of lakes in the Yucatan Penisula, but this is one of them -- the second largest lake in Mexico. Laguna Bacalar is a 35-mile-long skinny lake where fresh and salt waters mix.
I never quite saw seven different shades, but the different depths of water, and mixing of fresh and salt waters have given the lake a nickname: "Lake of Seven Colours".
Cenote Azul, an underground lake is nearby on shore of Laguna Bacalar. |
| Map of Lake Bacalar, Chetumal and corner of Belize | The Google map gives an idea of the long narrow lake. The actual town of Bacalar is near the south end of Lake Bacalar. Chetumal - the capital of Estado de Quintana Roo - is 23 miles south of Bacalar, and the country of Belize below Chetumal. Four hours north of Bacalar (and way north of this little snipit of map) is Cancun. |
We pose in Bacalar with historic San Felipe Fort behind. |
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Bwana_Brown Sun Apr 2, 2006 15:43 UTC This is a great looking little spot to chill out at!! I like the looks of your pool-side drinking area - must have been nice in the heat of the day!! |
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