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This island was founded
on the year of 1873, the inhabitants dedicated themselves sometimes to the fishing
or to agriculture (at the present time this completes activity is not made).
that in Mayan language means "black hole", the name
thus so that the water of the lagoon in the South part
of the island has a dark color. First which they got
to settle down in the Island it was in 1856, who marvelled
themselves by the beauty of the Island in which they
remained and they formed Villa de Holbox.
The island whatever with an average of 1500 inhabitants
approximately their inhabitants is simple people and
her form of life to changed very little from a generation
to another one. Given to its coexistence and its humility,
and its narrow relation among them is little common
that criminal facts are provoked.
The island offers all the necessary one to its visitors
so that they have relajantes vacations although it is
a small place. Small restaurants exist where they serve
the fishing as the day, snail, lobster, squid, empanadas
of mantarralla between some other Mexican subjects of
gossip. The small inns offer quarters to spend the night,
and the hotel Holbox Port offers ample rooms with all
the services and Vista to the sea. As far as the transport
there are few cars in the island, pore which predominates
are the motorcycles, bicycles and cars of golf that
are available to rent and to give a stroll by the island.
Virgin
Natural Beauty
The lagoon of Yalahao separates Holbox of mainland.
Yalahao this surrounded by manglares and the wonderful
eye by right water in the border by the mainland lagoon.
The flamingos are fed in the lagoon on April October
and can be admired the summer throughout. Also shoals
of fish of up to 30 dolphins nonsingle can also be admired
in Yalahao in the environs of the Island of Holbox and
from the crystalline water they are possible to be seen
infinity of fish. Those that enjoy to see birds and
lovers of the nature enjoyed the excursion to Island
Birds to admire but 150 different species from birds,
aside from seeing prehistoric crabs, iguanas and other
wild creatures.
Fishermen
and Craftsmen
The Holboxeños is fishermen and has been from the
times of their ancestors. Most of families in the island
they live on the fishing or they dive to fish lobster,
squid or snail. Sport or diversion of you or them fishes
near the area of the Gulf for sustenance and in the
lagoon by. The Holboxeños with taste will share their
histories of fishing with you. The premises were used
to fishing sharks with commercial purpose. Before single
the oil of the liver was commercialized but now also
it is sold the meat, the teeth and other parts. Small
boats are always available in the wharf to take visitors
to enjoy a day of sport fishing.
Divers and snorkeleadores will be able to see a mixture
of marine life of the gulf and the Caribbean by the
singular location of the right island in the middle
of both waters. The divers can generally throughout
fish lobster the year except at the time of prohibition
in the season during March and June (variable). The
desert white beaches are one more a perfect attraction
of the Island to get sunburned and to swim in calm waters.
Collectors of snails and shells were astonished at the
amounts at which found in the borders of the beach.
The premises collect these snails to make some crafts
for decorations of their houses or sale to some tourists.
The house of the hammocks is the oldest house of Holbox.
The women join themselves there to make beautiful hammocks
of multiple colors. All the women of the island know
to make hammocks, and most of residents of the island
they sleep in a hammock to sleep fresh and outside the
reach of any insect.
After the work the people of Holbox relax playing baseball,
to soccer, volleyball and basketball. Some afternoons
you can share with the premises listening some serenade
of the students of Víctor Vázquez. These occur with
mandolinas done by such young under the tutelaje of
Víctor that is a teacher specialized in doing and touching
any stringed instrument done of hard wood of the region.
Víctor learned to make instruments of its father as
it did it of his making a this tradition of family.
Vázquez is not original of Holbox but it takes in the
good island around 15 years reason so that the Holboxeños
considers it like one but of them. A strange complement
to the island but that enriches it with culture. The
factory of Víctor this opening for excursions just as
the house of the hammocks. The visitors can see these
craftsmen working and know the people of this calm island.
The Holboxeños always has worked
in equipment to improve the small community. An example of this has been for ten
years single had I number telephone and all they shared it with extensions of
a commutator. After a coordinated effort now almost all have telephone. Recently
the islanders cooperated so that together they bought a satellite dish and thus
to share between all the different television channels. All the necessities of
life are available including a pharmacy and a medico center. In spite of all that
Holbox is a simple place. There is no abandoned people or limosneros and single
there are two police that have reputation to spend the days in the siesta, dice
to the few crimes that they have to solve.
The population of Holbox
is in a 65% of young inhabitants. For the necessities of the Holboxeños young
people there is a garden of children, a primary school and a secondary technique
of fishing. Also for the children of the island the factory of mandolinas exists
where they learn to elaborate his own instruments and to touch them. Stringed
instruments like guitar, mandolina, violins and also learn to touch to music of
diverse states of Mexico like the jaranas huastecas and veracruzanas. |
