Something More in Bacalar
by Marcia L. Hannewald
Rancho Encantado, on the shores of the Yucatan’s Lago Bacalar (known to locals as the Lake of Seven Colors), is a green paradise for travelers who want something more than Cancun’s alcohol-soaked beaches can provide. While there, learn to sail from a rugged aquaculturalist who shuns electric motors for wind energy’s simple might. Photograph tropical birds nesting in the fertile mangrove heart of the region’s delicate ecosystem. At night, let cool lake breezes lull you to sleep in your own thatched-roof palapa as you release the stress of daily life and become reconnected to the splendor of the natural world.