Snorkeling in Tulum

I said a lot about Tulum and the activities that go on there in a previous post, but I didn't elaborate on my favorite part: the beach!

The beach in Tulum, or six kilometers away rather, is impeccable. There are Mayan ruins on the water, miles of the finest white sand beach I've seen since Costa Rica, and Cabanas, bars, and water activities everywhere! I chose snorkeling, because about one hundred meters out you can see the waves lapping over the reef which forms a barrier to the Caribbean. Usually, they charge twenty or twenty-five dollars, but some guy offered us a two hour trip to two different sections of the reef for fifteen US! I have to say that it's been my favorite trip so far, because the reef was an actual reef, instead of just random splotches of coral on the bottom of the sea. I saw so many different kinds of fish and coral, and would swim down and through schools of fish and structures of coral. I was surprised to see as many Sea Urchins as I did, and how big they actually are in the wild. We didn't see any turtles, but that's alright because they are somewhat elusive when it's not mating season.

Well, I'm in Belize as I write this, but I haven't been out snorkeling yet. I plan to go tomorrow or the next day before I go back to Mexico for the remainder of my trip. Well, wish me luck and I promise not to get into too much trouble!

Seamus