Snorkeling in Cozumel

Snorkeling is awesome here. I walked right to the waffle house and had some waffles, and noticed some snorkeling gear hanging off the side of a building. I asked the guy what was up with it, and he said that for six bucks, I could go out for two and a half hours. They were offering guides, but I just went out by myself to see what I could see.

The water was from fifteen to thirty feet deep, and instead of coral there was mostly remnants from when Hurricane Juarez hit here a couple of years ago. While not as beautiful to us humans, the fish seemed to love the rubble! It wasn't teaming with sea life in this area, but it was still awesome to swim near a school of fish, which would immediately surround and inspect you. Most of the fish were small, with yellow and black stripes, but in all there were about seven or eight different kinds of fish. I think one of the small striped ones actually bit me when I turned my back on it, and I made sure not to do that again. I snorkeled for about an hour, and swam a couple hundred meters before I got bored and hung up the fins. When I was rinsing in the fresh water shower, these local chicas were pretending to film me with their video camera. I felt like a model, and then mooned them. Well, I didn't moon them, but I wanted to.

That's all for now, but I just had to get my first sunny day snorkeling experience out there because it was such a blast for me. Lifted my spirits tenfold.

Adios Muchachos,

Seamus