Monday, April 25, 2011

The Floating Island

One bright, sunny day a few weeks ago, I met up with one of my faithful readers and commenters her on the blog, KfromMichigan. She was staying in Cancun but coming over for a day trip and renting a golf cart. Would I be interested in joining her and her companions for a tour of the island? After some careful questioning on my part, it was determined that she really is a sane person and would not be careening me around the island on some drunken golf cart race. So we arranged a meeting time and place and off we went!

One of the places we stopped was out on Sac Bajo. This is the legendary floating island located here. It really is a fascinating place. While standing on the falling down dock, taking these pictures, a voice boomed at us from the island. Would we like to come aboard for a tour? If so, the raft would be sent over to us. Alas, we did not have time for it but I do think it would make an interesting visit.

Here are a few pictures of it.

















There is currently a fundraiser for this going on. There are plans to move this from the protected inlet where it has been built, out into the bay facing Cancun. To find out more about this fascinating place, go here:





































8 comments:

Ann said...

Interesting place --I saw that he had put something up on Kickstarter.com to get some investors.

krisla said...

nice photos--thanks.
I toured Rico's island a couple months ago w/a friend, & we enjoyed Rico's company as he shared his history & lifestyle...quite the character...& a good musician too!

BlueSky said...

I have read about this place, very cool! Sounds like a nice guy too!

KfromMichigan said...

We loved spending the day with you. Thank you so much! The weather was great and the company was wonderful.

Jackie said...

Rishi is very creative. Have you ever heard him play and sing on Hidalgo at night? I haven't.

Mic said...

What a lovely fun chap with a great idea!

lisa said...

Hmmm, very interesting place.

Lets Go Travel Kenya (Safaris) said...

Looks like a very interesting place!The images are great as well!