Well, I guess I´ve been spoiled with the Great Barrier Reef. I´ve spent the last couple of days doing a bit of snorkeling. It´s nice, but... it just doesn´t compare to the Reef. Yesterday, I went to the ruins of Tulum. i really liked that, a beautiful place they had there on the ocean. It was apparently a place of worship. The guide, Ruth, was really informative and interesting. The Mayan culture is her passion.
If you look at this building sideways, you'll see a Mayan face carved into it.After that I went to a place called Xel-Ha (Shell-ha). It's wonderful...just like a DisneyWorld Water Park in Florida, only it's located at a small lagoon along the coast. Swimming, snorkeling, cave diving, biking, canoeing...And all you can eat at several different buffets. A family could spend the whole day there and it'd feel like only minutes.
Today, I had planned to go snorkeling along a stretch of National Park Reef, but as the driver was picking up other people, we found out that the port was closed due to the windy weather ( I go tomorrow, hopefully, instead.) So I ended up on a 'booze cruise' out to Isla de Mujeres. Acutally, only one group (from Seattle) was drinking up all the tequila, the rest were families from Oregon, Spain and even Romania!! We snorkeled for a while, had a nice lunch on the playa, then I did some shopping. The island is known for the fine gemstone shopping and, of course, I found one, a beautiful light-colored rectagular opal.
Gail, I do agree with Kevin. You'd have a blast here. And I have lots of good tips for places to go and ways to save money. AND the all-important blue-striped towels that you can use. I even found two more places that have that towel...I'm having some technical issues here tonight, but I have lots more photos to share with you when I get back. Thanks for writing comments, glad to know someone out there is looking....
So, hasta la vista, babies...
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