Obstacles from Puerto Morelos to Mahahual

These were the obstacles from Puerto Morelos to Mahahual Mexico:

Puerto Morelos Federal Zone/Marina--had to walk around town/inland to find the beach again.

Puerto Aventuras Marina: it was a maze trying to find the beach again! And it was noontime and very hot walking inland around the pavement! We came across this gate, which, we thought the blue color was the other side of a lagoon (ie: water and beach), but as we got closer it was just the gate painted blue! That was how delirious we were! My father also thought he saw something dark and big run across the trail in the jungle--like a large cat!

The inlet: but of course we made a raft to get across. See other post: The Raft.

Yal-ku Lagoon (snorkeling park): all beaches in MX are public, but as soon as you step on the property you might get yelled at or dogs will come after you. At Yal-ku lagoon, there is no beach, we had to walk around on the flat ledges, which were actually slimy and slippery in spots, this is where I fell on the rocks, but I did not get hurt, just scraped my leg. As we were walking around the park, the staff came out and yelled at us. We had to go back to the highway to find beach access! But we snuck thru the barb wire and found a path to the beach.

Mangroves and swamps!! Definitely problems for 2 hikers!

Xel-Ha: In 1958, Peissel had to walk AROUND this large inlet, but today it is a popular snorkeling park so there is a bridge. Although the inlet was not an obstacle for us, finding the beach again was because there were only rocks, cliffs and mangroves in this area. It was also almost dark at this time, and we had no water left. That is why we decided to go to Tulum for the night, then start again the next day going north near Xel-Ha.

Tulum Cliffs: we hired a Mayan fisherman to take us across the cliffs in a boat, but we did walk back across some of the cliffs to explore a ruin not visited by most tourists.

Mahahual cruise ship dock with a 10 foot wall: didn't take a picture of this 10 foot wall because we were being yelled at in Spanish by security that said we could not climb it and enter the town! We had to turn back into the jungle to find the road to take us to town--only to find the road blocked by a fence, but luckily the fence had a large hole in it!

Dogs: sometimes there were 7 dogs chasing us at one time, barking, growling and showing their teeth! One time we even had to swim in the ocean to get rid of them! There was only one dog out of the 400-500 miles that was our true friend.