For our excursion, we took the “Mexican Limo” to the other side of the island. Our tour guide, Jose, was hilarious! We noticed that once we got past the tourist part of the city, it turned poor fast. It reminded me so much of Tijuana. So many poor families, but such beautiful, happy people. And the drivers are just as crazy as they are in Tijuana!
We got in these 4x4 Rhinos to do extreme off-roading through the jungle. This was not an exaggeration! We flew! We went over rocks, hills, sand dunes, you name it. Bob was an awesome driver- he didn’t kill me! We got up close to some palm fronds (they high-fived us in the face). In some places we got up to 30 miles an hour!
(My camera couldn’t capture the stunningly gorgeous view! Deep blue, turquoise surf!)
We stopped for a small break in this gorgeous area! It had a small Mayan Ruin there. There are only 2 of its kind. Much of it, along with most of the eastern coastline was severely destroyed a few years ago during hurriane Wilma. Jose told us that this was a Mayan Temple dedicated to the goddess of love and fertility. Mayans would travel to this small “lighthouse” and crawl on the stone steps from the ocean. They would go through cleansing rituals there. They even invented this really cool way using conch shells to predict hurricanes.
The ocean down the steps was amazing and reminded so much of Hawaii. The waves splashed hard against the rocks and there were tide pools everywhere. It was, again, stunningly beautiful!!
(That’s me standing over the tide pools)
(an awesome sponge we found by the tidepools)
Then we went back the same way. So much fun! Then they took us to this resort where we ate an authentic Mexican lunch- fajitas with handmade tortillas! Then, right next to the restaurant, there was a walk way down to the beach. I didn’t want to come all the way to Cozumel without swimming with the beautiful fish! So, I went in and these great guys were throwing in pieces of tortilla by me and all of the sudden there were HUGE gorgeous fish all around me!! It was crystal clear water so I could see everything! But, Tyler! I missed my snorkeling buddy! I HAVE to go back there again with you and we will snorkel ALLLLL day ok??
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