Snorkel - check
Scuba dive - check
Swim in a cenote - check
Visit Mayan ruins
Mark wasn't old enough to scuba dive, and Ellie wasn't keen. We looked into taking them swimming with dolphins instead, but it was expensive and looked like a depressing production line. So instead Mike took them to Xplor.
It describes itself as 'a natural adventure park unique in its kind where you can do thrilling activities in natural outdoor scenery. A day full of fun and safety guaranteed await you in this peculiar underground world'. At $270 for three tickets it had a lot to live up to.
While they disappeared off for their day of fun, Hannah and I went to the farmer’s market for grapefruit, avocado, bread and chocolate cake.
Our walk in and out of the town itself took us along the beach then through a small hotel called the Omni, with swim up bars, beautiful pools and lovely looking restaurants. On a bit of a whim I asked at the desk how much a day pass would be, and immediately bought two.
We nipped home for a beach towel each, some suncream and a good book, then back at the Omni we settled ourselves by the pool in the shade. I swam up to the bar and ordered drinks (the cocktails were reasonable whereas the sodas were bogglingly expensive).
Hannah became rather taken with sunbathing in the pool.
We ate at the beach bar. My fish tacos were pretty meh, but the squid followed by Hannah's steak tacos and fries were the best food I've had in ages. I ordered a mojito and - it being happy hour - I was given two mojitos. Just what you need when it's this hot.
I settled down in shady corner and read my book while Hannah swam in the sea and pool and generally ignored my advice about sun cream and shade. By the time we got home at 3pm, she was burnt to a crisp.
The others got home early evening, full of excitement about their day. They had ziplined for hours, ATVed, swum, and rafted through caves. Mark could not stop talking about it. Again, no photos, but take a look at the Xplor website...
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