WE had to meet in the lobby at 7:30, for our ride to go snorkeling.
Our guide Jesus was there and picked up a van load of people. There was the Cartheys, the Berkas, Irv and Ryan, then a group from Oregon and a couple from Detroit.
Our first stop was a cave. This was a fresh water cave fed by an underground river. The water was very clear and very refreshing, or cool. Amber was the guinea pig and had to jump in first. As she jumped Jesus says "And the true temperature of the water...." Amber pops up and says "Brrrr"
There were not many fish in this cave, no light = no life. there were bats though.
We then moved on to a cenote, which is a fresh water fed pond. There were many fish and lots of algae. There was also cliff diving and ziplining.
After we explored this, it was time for a feast of food. There was BBQ chicken, rice beans, chips and salsa, it looked so good, but I didn't eat much given my stomach problems.
In case you were confused as to which bathroom to use.
After we ate lunch we then hopped in the fancy van and went to the fresh water inlet that hooked up to the ocean. This is where we might see some more fish, sting rays and sea turtles. I was excited.
WE hopped in the water like pros and were headed out to open water. The ocean was very rough that day. We saw lots of fish, and of all sizes. WE saw a sting ray and then out of no where Irv spotted a sea turtle. Only one and this turtle was trying to get away from all of us snorkelers.
On our way back in we saw an electric sting ray, it camoflouged in well with the sand. I tried my best to take lots of pictures with my underwater camera.
When we were done with this snorkel adventure we ended up in Akumal. We were talked into stopping at a bar, I know twist our arms right. We stopped at La buena Vida, a bar right on the ocean front. We walked up the steps and you were on the beach. The floor of the bar was the sand. The tables were on the ocean. They even had crows nests to sit in, complete with a bucket to haul up the beers. This place was awesome!
It was time to go back to the resort, the other patrons thought it would be best to drink free drinks at the resort. So we parted ways with Jose and ended up hitting the pool for drinks at the bar with Gilberto the best bartender. At the bar was the group from Oregon and then the couple from Detroit. The people you run into down here are so nice.
We once again make tenative plans to meet up with the group for drinks and then decide where we will eat. We stop at mom and dad's room to check in on them. Dad has had himself an adventure. He took the day to walk the beach. He didn't wear any sunscreen or bring along any water. He was burnt to a crisp. He did collect a lot of shells. He also had to tell us how he found this coconut and cracked it open and drank the juice and ate it. Totally something he would do.
We headed down for supper and decided we would wait our the french resturant. Talk about a wait. It was almost 9pm when we were seated. It was once again a lot of courses to order from on the menu. Although this waiter was not as nice, he practically tore the menu from our hands before we were done ordereing. I guess when you order, soup, salad, a cheese tray, a main course, and then dessert, they don't want to hear anymore. By 10:30 we were stuffed with food, not the best. Anyway it was getting late so we called it a night.
We got back to the hotel room where Josh had to order some mac and cheese from room service. WE also discovered another towel animal. It was also that night the Mexican poos hit Josh.
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