Tulum - including Ruins
1月26日, メキシコ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °CWe started today with an early 8am (beat the crowds) visit to Tulum Ruins. Whilst the ruins themselves are not as impressive as others we have been to, the views of the coast and the Caribbean Seaもっと詳しく
We started today with an early 8am (beat the crowds) visit to Tulum Ruins. Whilst the ruins themselves are not as impressive as others we have been to, the views of the coast and the Caribbean Seaもっと詳しく
We visited this natural spring (Cenote) for a cool down swim, some snorkelling (saw an Anhinga take a fish underwater which was cool) and a walk around the forest. Lots of Iguanas and noisy Yucatanもっと詳しく
Last thing we did today is visit a forest which is protected for monkeys. We had already briefly seen Spider Monkeys but this time
I had the good camera and hoped to get some shots.
We couldn’tもっと詳しく
Today I spent a fun morning doing a cooking class. We shopped in the local area, including the tortilla factory. Tortillas (and corn) are a staple in Mexico and the price of both are regulated. Allもっと詳しく
Some animals have a really bad press and sharks are top of that list. Humans kill 100 million sharks a year (to eat their fins) and they attack about 75 people a year of which 5 (on average) areもっと詳しく
So after our culinary and diving adventures yesterday we drove to Cancun to return the car and then waited til midnight to get the overnight bus to Chetumal near Belize. This morning we got an Uberもっと詳しく
We have now left Mexico and entered Belize. We don’t have a Belize SIM card so will go dark until we get one in Belize city.
So after another night and day of travelling we have arrived in Caye (pronounced Key) Caulker. This is an island about an hour ferry ride from Belize City. The vibe is very relaxed and Caribbean andもっと詳しく
We did a half day snorkelling today and it was absolutely amazing.
We started by feeding Tarpon (8 ft long fish) and frigate birds by hand. Quite an experience.
Then we went to a reef where we sawもっと詳しく
For our final diving day we splashed out for a more remote dive to go to the Blue Hole, this meant a 5.30am departure as we were going about 1/3 of the way to Hondouras on a two hour boat ride.
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旅行者 Wow! Stunning views
Michael and Helen Cook That is where we were when you were picking up the car!
旅行者 Ooh nice!