Doesn't this look like a beautiful postcard? We stood right there and enjoyed this view and the warm breezes on our vacation last week. What glorious color the water was. The Lord is so creative to make different bodies of water different colors.
This was the view going the other direction. Beautiful ocean, rocks and a Mayan ruin. We went on vacation with my insurance man's brother Cliff and my sister-in-law Peggy for a week. We all had a wonderful time and came back very relaxed. We saw many interesting things and I have told my grandsons that I would post some photos of them. So for the next few posts I will be showing pictures and talking about the things we experienced.
This is one of the first things we saw. It is called a Cinote (pronounced sin-o-tay) and is a sinkhole. On the Yucatan Peninsula there is no surface water. All water is underground, and there are lots of these sinkholes. The water in cinotes is fresh, sometimes part of an underground river, and is used for drinking water in the Yucatan. This cinote is one of the largest (in diameter) and I am taking the photo from above at the edge. The vines hanging down are roots trying to reach water.
My insurance man and his brother took the opportunity to swim in the cinote and really enjoyed the experience. The water is at least another 125 feet deep below them. The temperature was cool, but not really cold. They saw a few fish swimming with them.
This is what the wall of the cinote looked like and you can kind of see the stairs on the far side that let people walk down to the water. Several people were deep diving into the water from the steps since it is so deep. Insurance man was content to climb down into the water and just swim.
This is one of the first things we saw. It is called a Cinote (pronounced sin-o-tay) and is a sinkhole. On the Yucatan Peninsula there is no surface water. All water is underground, and there are lots of these sinkholes. The water in cinotes is fresh, sometimes part of an underground river, and is used for drinking water in the Yucatan. This cinote is one of the largest (in diameter) and I am taking the photo from above at the edge. The vines hanging down are roots trying to reach water.
My insurance man and his brother took the opportunity to swim in the cinote and really enjoyed the experience. The water is at least another 125 feet deep below them. The temperature was cool, but not really cold. They saw a few fish swimming with them.
This is what the wall of the cinote looked like and you can kind of see the stairs on the far side that let people walk down to the water. Several people were deep diving into the water from the steps since it is so deep. Insurance man was content to climb down into the water and just swim. We were blessed with a really fun and relaxing vacation...more tomorrow.
4 comments:
What fun pictures -- thanks for sharing them. I look forward to tomorrow's post.
Cool pics!!
Looks wonderful. Sun, blue water what more could you ask for.
Loved these pictures. It's so interesting. The boys thought it was great! Thanks for making sure to get good pictures of it! We loved seeing Papa swimming in there! Julie
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