{"id":9590,"date":"2025-01-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=9590"},"modified":"2025-01-14T23:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T23:27:57","slug":"checking-out-of-mexico-and-more-jungle-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2025\/01\/10\/checking-out-of-mexico-and-more-jungle-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Out of Mexico and More Jungle Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunrise on Thursday, January 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eric was at the marina office as soon as they opened. He found out that the coffee tour and the chocolate tour are in opposite directions and needed to be done on different days. The tour guide wasn\u2019t available today, but he was tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The marina office said that they would drive Eric to the various official\u2019s offices so Eric could do the check-out paperwork. Even though we weren\u2019t leaving until Saturday, we could check out today, which would give us the flexibility to do the tour tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We booked the chocolate tour for tomorrow and Eric immediately got started on the check-out paperwork. There were three other boats checking out today, as well. When Eric was done filling out the forms, the marina said to go back to Kosmos to wait for the others. They\u2019d call Eric on the radio when everyone was ready, and they\u2019d all go together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

We needed to return the car,<\/a> so we rushed to the airport. The international airport in Chiapas is surprisingly nice given the small population. Being able to easily fly in and out helps makes Puerto Chiapas an attractive location to leave boats during trips back home.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fortunately, the airport wasn\u2019t busy. The return process was quick and there was a taxi at the taxi stand, so we didn\u2019t have to wait for a ride back. When we returned to the marina, we were relieved to find that the others weren\u2019t done yet, so we hadn\u2019t held the group up. Not long after returning, Eric was summoned on the radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first stop was the immigration office, which was next to the instant coffee factory<\/a>. They stamped our passports as exited to Panama.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next stop was the port captain, which was located in Puerto Madero<\/a>, near the Puerto Madero sign. They stamped Kosmos\u2019s zarpe (entry\/exit form) as exited to Panama. Mexico has recently implemented a new policy. While they will let captains into the country without proof of competency, they will not let captains back out without proof of competency. A few years ago, California mandated that everyone who operates a watercraft must have a California Boater ID card, which is the equivalent of a driver\u2019s license for boats. The port captain accepted Eric\u2019s California Boater ID card as proof of competency.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At both offices, our paperwork was quick to process. However, between the two offices, it took about two hours in total to sort through the paperwork for all four boats. Back at the marina office, Eric made a reservation for the last of the officials to come about on Saturday at 0830 to complete the rest of the paperwork. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had lunch at Baos<\/a> yet again. They have such a big menu that we still haven\u2019t tried everything yet! Eric got a dish called Pollo Tropical, which was a chicken breast stuffed with plantains. The breast had been sliced up like a sushi roll and was covered in a sweet and sour tamarind sauce.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are continuing to enjoy the wildlife around us<\/a> in the marina:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve seen lots of gray rays and thousands of these little fish. These little fish are constantly jumping out of the water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We\u2019ve seen a few spotted rays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made this video so we could share the sounds of the jungle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we forgot to mention that while we were in Tapachula<\/a>, we saw white pigeons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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