{"id":2405,"date":"2023-07-27T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:40:13","slug":"a-day-on-isla-mujeres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/a-day-on-isla-mujeres\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day on Isla Mujeres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No trip to Mexico&#8217;s Yucatan Peninsula is complete without a boat ride over to Isla Mujeres, aka the Isle of Women (<em>pronounced ISS-lah Moo-HAIR-es<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Day on Isla Mujeres\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Py5wJGUZYqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a seven-mile boat ride east of the mainland across breathtaking turquoise sea, Isla Mujeres is known for its lovely beaches, world-class fishing, and spectacular coral reefs. There is also a lighthouse, the remains of a Mayan temple, and a sanctuary for sea turtles. We spent a day exploring the funky little village, and encountered a parade, snorkeled through schools of colorful fish on a tour with the marvelous Squalo Adventures, and discovered the MUSA, a fascinating underwater art museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also had the worst pina coladas ever. (But everything else, we can recommend!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/isla-mujeres.net\/\">Isla Mujeres Tourism<\/a>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/squaloadventures.com\/\">Squalo Adventures<\/a>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/musamexico.org\/\">MUSA (Underwater Museum of Art)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No trip to Mexico&#8217;s Yucatan Peninsula is complete without a boat ride over to Isla Mujeres, aka the Isle of Women (pronounced ISS-lah Moo-HAIR-es). Just a seven-mile boat ride east of the mainland across breathtaking turquoise sea, Isla Mujeres is known for its lovely beaches, world-class fishing, and spectacular coral reefs. There is also a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/a-day-on-isla-mujeres\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Day on Isla Mujeres&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,13,356,211],"tags":[603,602,27,4,604,9,290,261,262],"class_list":["post-2405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lisa-blogger","category-mexico","category-snorkeling","category-videos","tag-cancun","tag-islamujeres","tag-messysuitcase","tag-mexico","tag-musa","tag-retirement","tag-snorkeling","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}