Our boat wasn't very big, especially given the size of the waves we went through. Yes, went through. And since I had just finished reading Life of Pi, I was a little nervous about being in a boat haha! As soon as we got on the boat, I was looking for life jackets, and didn't see any. I'm sure there were some - but they were not in plain sight. Thankfully, we didn't need them :)
So back to the tour. Our first visit was Passion Island - where the flamingos and pelicans (both local Mexican and Canadian) lived. (I wish I had taken my better zoom lens...but hopefully you can still get the idea...)
On our way down the docks to the boat, with the couple from the hotel. It was nice to be able to go on this tour with people we somewhat knew, and most importantly, we could speak in English with them :)
We drove out into the lagoon, dodging sandbars, and this was what we got to see. The flamingos living with the pelicans in a shallow area of the lagoon.
Cheese!!! :)
This is the cenote, or natural spring, that we got to swim in after we left Passion Island. The water is a beautiful blue color, and if you look in the middle of the photo you can kinda see where it bubbles up from the bottom. The word to use is "refreshing" when you jump in - that is, if you can catch your breath. I might have had a minor panic attack after jumping in, in addition to the coolness of the water taking my breath away. Needless to say, I was the last one in and the second one out. (I made J go ahead of me to see how slimy the ladder would be on the way out ha!)
There was a neat tower that overlooked the cenote on one side and the country side on the other. Our first thoughts were that it looked like the Serengeti.
This is the dock as we're leaving. Kinda eerie looking island, right? It made our friends think of the movie A Perfect Getaway or the flesh-eating island in Life of Pi. I'm glad they didn't mention that until we were on our way out of there!
We went back to Passion Island and actually got out of the boat this time. The Captain had some tortillas that he threw out to what seemed like an open space, but then all of those iguanas came out of nowhere for their tortillas. Watching them run to the food was fairly entertaining because they run bow-legged. :)
Just a view of the birds from the top of the tower on the island.
This is a horse shoe crab. Very interesting creatures and we'd never seen one before. Our Captain just pulled it out of the sand by its tail.
It didn't appear to have any pincers like the other crabs we'd seen, and the Captain just put his hand right in there. Both of the guys did the same. I touched his nose on the outershell, but that was as close as I'd get to the thing.
The Banana Boat (pun intended haha)
After we finished at Passion Island, the Captain drove us around Holbox Island on the north side, which opens into the Gulf and the Caribbean. These birds were just out flying, enjoying the sunshine.
It was a beautiful ride - and I really wish my camera could have accurately captured the colors of the water. They really were breathtaking.
You can read more about our Holbox Vacation here:
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