Beautiful turquoise waters

The Yucatan is basically a flat marsh, but it has loads of beautiful waters to swim and mess about in. This is Dee in the sea at Tulum....Mr Robin is in there somewhere!

The Mayan ruins at Tulum were worth a visit but mainly for their location overlooking the Caribbean. The lovely beach beside the ruins was a good place for Mr Robin to try to catch a wave!

We visited another Cenote, called Dos Ojos (two eyes), this time a partially closed type, like a deep cave system filled with water. It had some interesting rock formations and was a lovely place to swim.

The pic below shows a large limestone pillar (when a stalactite and stalagmite meet) with Dee 'snorkelling' beside it. We bought a good pair of swimming goggles recently so we can see underwater - we do without a snorkel.

Further south, Laguna Bacalar is as beautiful as the Caribbean sea with its clear, blue waters. Very unique in that it has several Cenotes within the lake connecting it to the water holding aquifiers below. A great place to kayak and swim - it is the perfect temperature.

It's also one of only a few places in the world where Stromatolites are found. These Giant Stromatolites represent the earliest life forms discovered on earth.