Having a boat tour in Mexico wasn’t planned, especially during a stay with a host family, while meeting family, but everything is possible!
Where was this story happening?
The story was happening in Escarcega in the Campeche in Mexico. It was during a Couchsurfing visit of a family in that city. This was happening during the hitchhiking attempt to Chiapas, another state in the country.
What exactly happened?
The family wanted to visit a part of the family and wanted us to join. We actually didn’t know what was being expected. Just thinking, there will be a meetup, talking a bit with them and eating a bit.
We drove for over an hour along the highway and were stopping near a bridge in basically nowhere. It was weird being there. The host was driving to a dirt road, next to the highway, until stopping at a long boat in the river.
They were talking in Spanish, I tried to understand a bit, but didn’t got everything, but it was about getting into the boat. I didn’t got, that they were related to each other, until the end.
The boat ride
We were getting in the boat with the family and the relative, who was driving us over the river. It was a long boat, which you could find in documentaries, it was enjoyable sitting in there. It was working well and everyone was happy.
The boat ride wasn’t long, but still really nice. When we arrived at the destination, I finally realized that they were related. We were welcomed from the first moment, by the several dogs, chickens and the mother of the house.
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The farm
They were living at a farm, with many dogs, chicken, pigs, some more animals and my favorite, the turkey. It is always fun talking to turkeys.
It was a bigger, but old house, which was surrounded by nature. To get to civilization, the boat was the way for it. The area was huge, so many things belonged to the farm. Also access to two rivers and a lot of free living space for the animals, which was nice to see.
We were going swimming in one of the rivers, which was a lot of fun. Besides the biting animals in the water, which were of course a bit annoying and disturbing the fun. After getting out of the river, the host was telling, that there were crocodiles in, which would have been helpful information before getting in the water.
We were eating with the family, sadly it was with meat, so I ate cookies, which was fine.
The mentioned Turkeys
The highlight of the day
The highlight of that day was for sure getting back to the land. It was already night, the mosquitoes were enjoying their all you can drink menu, me. It was dark and while driving over the river, little lights brightened up the night. Hundreds of fireflies were flying around and were lightening up them self.
It was purely beautiful and amazing being part of that event. In general. Jst being fully there in the moment is something, which makes you feel way better. Then also seeing something like that, makes it even better.
Those are the moments, which are just special to experience during traveling.
