We have been to Mexico a couple of times previously, however the last trip was for a wedding 20 years ago and previous to that was a surprise birthday trip for my 40th birthday. The key part was both trips involved staying at an all inclusive resort. Don’t get me wrong, we had an absolute blast on both trips and I understand the attraction, however, in no way is that “experiencing Mexico”, in my humble opinion. So for this trip we chose to rent a place just outside Puerto Morelos and see what we could learn. Yes we know that Mexico has a plethora of choices when it comes to towns to visit, but you have to start somewhere.
The reason we went with the idea of renting a place in Puerto Morelos was that we wanted to give friends and family an opportunity to share part of this adventure with us. House sitting by definition does not lend itself to having guests, so renting it was.
Of course the downside of not being at a resort is when the fridge stops working, the ice maker goes on strike and the microwave dies, we are the ones who have to find solutions. Fortunately the owner of the B&B is very responsive and as helpful as possible. We have things up and running now.
Of course as we were near water we had to check out the diving. We did some research and ended up deciding to give the scuba shop, Elite Divers International, a try. We have not been disappointed.
Our next two days of diving were at cenotes. Technically what we are doing is cavern diving and what I can say is, it is a bit mind blowing at times. I have no pictures of the diving in the cenotes as camera use is restricted and honestly I wanted to make sure I focused on my buoyancy and control so as not to bump into the ceiling or stalagmites and stalagmites all around us.
If you are curious to see a bit more about what the cenotes look like I have attached a link to a YouTube video where she does a pretty good job of running through 2 of the cenotes that we did as well. If you have ever been in a cave and thought that was cool, just imagine flying through the middle of that cave and you get a tiny idea of what it can be like.
As we come up on the end of our third week here in Mexico I have to say we are quite enjoying ourselves. We have already determined small towns are the way to go for us. We are looking forward to some more cenote diving later this week and then having more of our family visit with us next week.
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