Merida - Cancun

So have we reached the last evening of our three weeks vacation and it is with mixed feelings we head back to reality tomorrow night. When will we be able to go for a long trip next time? Alma is happy to return to Swedish food (even if most of that also is directly rejected as "äckligt") but last night she was also devastated about leaving all Mexican animals here...Chickens and rabbits don't score as high as dolphins and iguanas. 

When we left Merida we had cool stop in Valladolid with some cenote (limestone sinkhole) swim. This is a natural phenomena unique to Yucatan, and here there are thousands of these - more or less exploited. Cenotes were holy to the Mayas, gateways to the underworld, and a place for sacrificing gold - and humans. Where we went swimming we needed to walk 73 steps down to reach 20 m under ground, and than there was 45 m water depth... Don't want to know what was on the bottom.

Then we came to our third home exchange in Cancun. This city with all mega hotel complexes is not really our cup of tea, but luckily there are many good excursions around. Today we took the ferry to Isla Mujeres for some golf car driving and snorkeling and tomorrow we will hope to spot some spider monkeys in Puerto Morelos.

Isla Mujeres, home to Playa Norte, top 7 beach in the world according to trip advisor. That beach was a bit more crowded than this one...