There is no phone at the lodge, but a radio phone is available for emergencies. Although usually only open Fri-Sat and Sun, you could rent the whole place for a small group or large family, or if you just want the isolation. If you live in the Houston area, we are in Galveston. The lodge is in the Sierra de Martinez mountain range, on an island in the middle of the Carrizal River, near the mouth where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Nearby, about an hour away are four cenotes , or natural wells.
Local people swear that it is good for the skin.
Many claim that it cures acne and can reduce wrinkles and other signs of aging. Jim Bowen, with the University of Texas, is the world ' s most accomplished deep water diver. It ' s an eerie feeling swimming in these waters, knowing that the bottom is farther away than anywhere in the ocean that most of us are likely to swim. The water is as clear and turquoise as any cenote I've seen in the Yucatan. There is a small sulfur hot spring as well as a couple of caves in the neighborhood.