“Things to do in Tulum,” I google. The internet screams “CENOTE”.
Every site and every list, from Lonely Planet to a barefoot hippie
blog lists three to four. That sounds interesting, but what exactly
is a cenote? Wikipedia answers all my questions .It is a “natural
pit, or sinkhole.” Lovely. I will be exploring a giant hole in the
ground full of slow-flowing freshwater. Great.
The description does Yokdzonot no justice. I expect a giant hole with water, and I get this instead.
The waters are a deep sapphire, like taking a dive into the murky depths of the Heart of the Ocean, and the water is about as cold as where the Titanic sank. The sun kisses the surface where the rock-face lets it through, and the water glistens and beckons with an icy embrace. The hanging roots give it a magical mystique, and a hole in the ground becomes the scene of a fairy tale.
The US Virgin Islands are home to at least four of the ten most beautiful beaches on earth. I saw them all during a one-month St. Thomas stay, but there is nothing that compares to the wonders of the cenote. They say the Mayans were so taken by cenotes, that they worshiped them, using them for sacrifices to the gods. They find plenty of skeletons on the bottom, and religious artifacts as well. Creepy, but not enough to stop me from jumping in, both feet forward.
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