On our last day we walk 4,5 kilometers to Punta Sur, on the south-east tip of the island. There’s a small ruin here, what’s left of an old maya temple where we can see that offerings are still made, perhaps by women wishing for a prolific life. The name Isla Mujeres is said to date back to when the Spanish arrived here and the island was sacred to Ixchel, the goddess of childbirth and medicine. They saw female idols everywhere so they called it the island of women.