for our last full day in Cancun, we took a Cenote tour. Cenote means cave with water in Mayan. since we saw a cenote the previous day (and loved it) we didn't know what this day would bring. but this tour had 4 cenotes with activities. the tour bus comes on time and leaves with no delay, and after the delay of the other company the previous day, we already like this tour. the guide explains everything in English and Spanish and after not so long we reach the 1st cenote. each Cenote here is dedicated to an element and we begin with the earth one i think. we disembark the van , put on life preservers, helmets and rappel gear, climb stairs to a platform on a big tree and soon we rappel down to the cave. I try the hands free approach and move away just before my head hits some edge and descend down to the water which is cool but not cold. we climbed out of the water and take our rappel gear off and jump back in. this cave has stalactites , but no visible stalagmites (since there is 10 meters of water...) and massive roots from the jungle above drink from the cenote as well. bats live in the cave and we swim over to see them, while they were not happy for the wake up call. the cat fish in the water was probably not pleased and went to find a mice fish to chase. we got out of the water and used the platform to dive back in close to ten times, i just love it. we cant stay there for very long but we get a warm up snack of bananas, unique hot chocolate made of corn and some other things which is thick and warming and rice water, which is exactly what it sounds but has sugar so it is quite good. we hop on the van and move to the next Cenote. this one is already a collapsed one, this an old one, thin of a medium size pond with jungle all around, water lilies and bright blue skies. just beautiful. and from edge to edge, the edges are about 8 meters higher then the water, a zip line is connected. this place would not be possible in the US, a zip line without being tide. you get on the zip fly across the cenote and choose to jump when ever you want! we do it 3 times, the water here are warmer then the last with no visible fish (they went after the mice fish). Alla also jumps in with no fear. at the end we can jump of the platform directly in, this is high but awesome.
for the next cenote, we walk down a shot man made cave and get to a channel with kayaks. this is a man made channel , but we don't notice it at first since it is so pretty. we kayak in this channel for 20-30 minutes and enjoy the sights, splash the other kayaks and have fun. this channel connects to the Cenotes' and uses their water. this place feels like a movie Scene. we leave the kayaks at the end, put snorkels on and dive to a cenote. this is not seawater so we don't have corrals, but lots of under water lilies, snails and plant life.
we leave the 3rd cenote and get a nice buffet lunch, go to the bathroom for the eight time today. the cold water activate my kidneys. and we had for the last cenote that begins with a smaller zip line, followed by a channel that we swim for fifteen minutes and a platfrom, high one to jump in at the end. i must jump 10 times, and this is a high one. i do get some bruises but it is worth it. we have another family with us that participated in everything and the high jump the young kid, age 9, jumps and lands poorly on his back. no damage just pain, if you ever landed badly on water you know how it feels.
we finished this exiting amazingly pretty cenote tour and returned to the hotel.its the after noon and we rested bit then went to the Italian place which seems fancy but was very snotty with stuck up waiters. then we joined the main crowd for more dancing and soon the night was over.
morning came too quickly and we headed for the airport and arrived 3 hours ahead and did a shopping tour of the airport (and got nothing!!! achievement). this time the pilot was there but an hour delay.
usually when you fly to Cleveland from outside the US, you stop at new york or some other big city, do immigration there and proceed, i never done it here. we get to this external terminal and wait forever for our bags. mine comes right away but Alla's refuses to come at some point i see it , it fell from the conveyor belt, on the other side of those little curtains. but it is close, i can almost reach it. the person next to me also waiting forever hands me the cane and i reach through the curtains and rescue the bag. then some employee (who wasn't there to help a second ago) comes out of nowhere and tells me that i met get in trouble. the delay caused us to be last in the customs line with 1 agent and its been over an hour since we deplaned and when i get to the agent, he asks me if i am looking for a way to escape next time i am here. lucky he accepts the explanation and i am not placed on any flight black list, and now we have to put the suite cases on another conveyor belt, get on a shuttle bus ,and pick the cases again from the main building, very strange process , but finally over and we are home where Mattan gives alla a face and wants to come only to me :) so adorable. i don't know how i will get Alla to go on another vacation with this reception, but he soon comes around.
enjoy some cenote photos
https://plus.google.com/photos/104769303678729727539/albums/5968125489700403985?authkey=CNqp8Oji-Me1EA
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