This morning we walked up the street to a collectivo which is basically a van. You pay around 20 pesos and get dropped off at the side of the road at your destination. First stop for us was the Cenote Azul. A very different cenote from the other ones we have visited in that it was quite shallow because of the number of limestone rocks in the cenote and also because it was open with only a very time section in a cave. It was also full of fish where as every other cenote we had been in had only a few fish. Again the water was very clear. 
Progress into the water was a little slower as the water in this cenote was colder. We finally made it in and then warmed up by perching on a limestone rock and basking in the sun. You could dive in this cenote in a particular spot about three metres high. Dan did it a couple of times (not big bombies though – too shallow). After swimming around for a while we all hopped out and lazed on the decking in the sun next to the cenote. 
We finally decided to move on to the next cenote and walked about 100 metres down the road to the next one. This cenote was again different. It perched under a limestone overhang and again had lots of catfish mainly. It was colder than the last cenote. 
It also had a small section that had could hang onto a rope and swing over the top of the cenote. Dan gave that a shot. Again, we lazed in the sun for a while and finally headed out onto the highway (in bathers and thongs) to flag down the next passing Collectivo to our next destination, Akumal where we could snorkel amongst the corals, fish and turtles!!
Dan decided to purchase a snorkel and mask set to take to Costa Rica and to use for our additional week in Playa Del Carmen. The rest of us hired a set and off we went. We swam a total of around 400m out from the shore in varying water depth’s from 2 to 6 metres depth. I saw one huge turtle swim by (Dan missed it) and we saw lots of smaller fish and coral, although we had been spoilt in Belize and this spot whilst nice, did not compare.
Dan’s highlight (since he didn’t see any turtles) was to swim with a large school (30) of bonefish, 2 foot in length for about 10 minutes. With the sun setting over the water, we called it an afternoon and headed back on the highway to flag down our collectivo again. A short wait and we were off. He dropped us at a different spot and we walked through the town, in bathers, for around 15 minutes back to the hotel. It was good to see a different side of Playa Del Carmen.
We went back to Babes Noodle House for our final group dinner (without Ania who we had said goodbye to this morning) and another enormous daiquiri.
Progress into the water was a little slower as the water in this cenote was colder. We finally made it in and then warmed up by perching on a limestone rock and basking in the sun. You could dive in this cenote in a particular spot about three metres high. Dan did it a couple of times (not big bombies though – too shallow). After swimming around for a while we all hopped out and lazed on the decking in the sun next to the cenote. We finally decided to move on to the next cenote and walked about 100 metres down the road to the next one. This cenote was again different. It perched under a limestone overhang and again had lots of catfish mainly. It was colder than the last cenote. It also had a small section that had could hang onto a rope and swing over the top of the cenote. Dan gave that a shot. Again, we lazed in the sun for a while and finally headed out onto the highway (in bathers and thongs) to flag down the next passing Collectivo to our next destination, Akumal where we could snorkel amongst the corals, fish and turtles!!Dan decided to purchase a snorkel and mask set to take to Costa Rica and to use for our additional week in Playa Del Carmen. The rest of us hired a set and off we went. We swam a total of around 400m out from the shore in varying water depth’s from 2 to 6 metres depth. I saw one huge turtle swim by (Dan missed it) and we saw lots of smaller fish and coral, although we had been spoilt in Belize and this spot whilst nice, did not compare.
Dan’s highlight (since he didn’t see any turtles) was to swim with a large school (30) of bonefish, 2 foot in length for about 10 minutes. With the sun setting over the water, we called it an afternoon and headed back on the highway to flag down our collectivo again. A short wait and we were off. He dropped us at a different spot and we walked through the town, in bathers, for around 15 minutes back to the hotel. It was good to see a different side of Playa Del Carmen.We went back to Babes Noodle House for our final group dinner (without Ania who we had said goodbye to this morning) and another enormous daiquiri.
On the way home we found some ukuleles and sombreros. 
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