Tulum

As we love the nature and animals, we thought it would be a good idea to try out a snorkeling boat trip that went from tulum beach out to the world's 2nd largest barrier reef! 😀 As we weren't close to the beach we took a local collectivo (mini bus for anyone who flags one down 👍) and walked from tulum mayan ruins site, which is right next to the stretch of beach we needed to be on for our tour. We got to the beach on a partically windy day so braced ourselves for just bobbing along in the water once out there! It took no more than 5 minutes to reach the reef from the beach, as we all got ready to depart the boat with our snorkeling gear, flippers and LIFE JACKETS 😢😳🤔..... I think its a big deal in México to wear life jackets for anything involving water it would seem, probably with the high tourism and maybe there was that one person that ruined it for everyone else and touched a turtle 🐢 😂 so now everyone must wear them to stop us diving down to touch the marine life or get to close, and also there is the danger of drowning too, to consider lol 😂 So after departing the boat we began to swim with our guide in search of marine life. The coral reefs were beautiful with lots of bright colours and fish hiding, as we floated past on our life jackets and with the strong currents. We got to see the green sea turtles again, which never gets old 😊😀 were one of our group members decided it was a good time to use his flippers near the turtle as it swam up towards the surface, he accidentally kicked it in the face 😔😢 that was a real low point to witness, but it was ok luckily 😓 after the drama we swam on, and just before we had to get back on the boat we witnessed 3 sting rays swimming together, and we followed them in the direction of our boat. Another amazing snorkeling experience 😍 as it was our last night in Tulum we decided to get dressed up and go for moijtos at a cool little bar, complete with its own VW beetle inside and it seemed to be jazz night too!Read more