Mexico: Yucatan: Cenote
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We were pleasantly surprised when we saw a zipline and some cliffs for Ted to jump from. The zip line was interesting because it was attached with a rope so that it could be pulled back to the starting point, but the rope was fairly short (less than half the length of the cenote pool) so you had to time the drop from the zip line right or else the pull from the rope causes an unintentional somersault into the water - as Ted found out as the first zipper. Tamara did the zipline twice, which is a lot for her. Ted also climbed up tree roots and branches and up onto a cliff at the back of the cenote and did a cliff jump - probably about 25 ft up - that was fun to watch, but he had to really convince himself to do it.
The water was fairly stagnant, with lots of leaves and sediment in the water, and pretty cold, but it still felt great once in. There were a lot of pretty birds and butterflies, though they were hard to photograph because they wouldn't stay still. The house at the cenote had some cool plants - little pineapple and chile plants and pretty flowers.
For a long time when we first got there we had the place to ourselves, then a couple groups of other tourists came through - one on ATVs, the other on bicycles - they didn't stay very long, and we soon had only a few other people around with us.
Video
Photos
Linda on the balance rope.
Linda on the balance rope.
Linda, jumping from the zipline.
Linda, jumping from the zipline.
Linda, swimming.
Linda, swimming.
Tamara on the zipline.
Tamara on the zipline.
Linda and Ted.
Linda and Ted.
Butterflies
Unknown butterfly 1.
Unknown butterfly 1.
Unknown butterfly (moth?) 2.
Unknown butterfly (moth?) 2.
Blue morpho butterfly with wings folded.
Blue morpho butterfly with wings folded.
Unknown butterfly 3.
Unknown butterfly 3.
Unknown butterfly 4.
Unknown butterfly 4.
Unknown butterfly 5. (note transparent sections)
Unknown butterfly 5. (note transparent sections)
Flowers and plants.
Unknown flower 1.
Unknown flower 1.
Unknown plant 2. Brightly colored undersides of leaves.
Unknown plant 2. Brightly colored undersides of leaves.
Unknown plant 3.
Unknown plant 3.
Bougainvillea, cactus, lily, etc.
Bougainvillea, cactus, lily, etc.
Pineapple.
Pineapple.
Chili plants.
Chili plants.
Unknown fruit 5.
Unknown fruit 5.
Other critters
Fish and floating stuff in cenote.
Fish and floating stuff in cenote.
Dog under chairs.
Dog under chairs.
 

 


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