An all-day highly recommended swim in 3 of the local 'cenotes' (sen-o-tays). I know them as sinkholes. These fresh water swimming holes are connected by spectacular limestone caverns and deep underwater rivers once sacred to the ancient Maya, cover the entire Yucatan peninsula.
The horse drawn jiggers taking 4 of us along the 200 year old 9 kilometres track to the 3 holes.
That evening it was pizza on the hotel roof. There is effectively no dusk. Just suddenly it is pitch black. The moon was just rising. No stars. Jet black skies above and the lit cathedral was not too far away. A gentle evening breeze kept things nice at 23 C.
HIGHLIGHTS Wed 4 Dec: Cenotes, Merida
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Merida, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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