Coral Playa

... van to the east coast, I will head towards the Provence de Limon, where I will visit Cahuita, Puerto Viejo, Punta Uva, Playa Cocles, Manzanillo and I will possibly even head across the border to Bocas del Toro, in Panama. At any rate, the camera ...

... at  Chichen Itza more than anything else. Monday,  Kerry and I went diving at some cenotes just south of Playa. Cenotes are basically sinkholes (or caves in this instance) that have been created by water eroding away at limestone rock over ...

... feel it whereas Michelle's gait gives away her condition. Today I decide to do a little snorkelling on the road to Playa Ancon where I passed many coral beaches ideal for the sport. I set off and came across Julio in the village so I stopped and told him ...

... . We made our way to a Beach Club down the coast to do some snorkling so spent a few hours there enjoying the waters. The coral and fish weren't as spectacular as we'd hoped, but we were very close to shore. We hope to have another opportunity to ...

... coral and fishes. This was the area that Jacques Cousteau made famous in the 70's with his documentaries of underwater life so the coral was pretty good. Tomorrow is our last full day in Mexico. We're hiring a car and driving down the coast to Tulum ...

... It was great to hang out with crissy and russel too, that was a nice surprise! I have to say that at first i really hated playa b-c it is so commerical and i just couldn{t understand how someone would come to mexico and just eat food from america and ...

... lacking sleep, I checked out Cancun. In short, dirty, touristy, and not much to see.  I made a decision to head to Playa Del Carmen south about 1.5 hours. Best idea I had. Much nicer smaller town, though still touristy. Very easy to arrange ...

We reached our last destination, the americanised resort of Playa del Carmen. Lovely beaches at the Caribbean Sea, nice food, but too many foreigners... . From here we have been visiting the local sights. We spent a day at the ruins in Tulum, which ...

... diving instructor. Greg came prepared with his knife...just in case of emergency. Despite the rapid development taking place in Playa del Carmen, we were pleasantly surprised by the diversity of life. We quickly descended to 40 metres deep...the last ...

... with Jody and Niamh in the late afternoon. Sure enough around 350metres from sure I came across some small islands of coral, nothing as spectacular as I had encountered in the Whitsundays in Australia but nevertheless clear evidence of a reef. I wasn't ...

... my goals this week is to complete the great book"Angels and Demons" that I have been reading. I am surprising eveyone in Playa Negra as I have not emailed anyone telling them of my impending arrival!! And yes they were surprised! I even scared Brian ...

... would stay for an hour whilst they explored the reef. For a while I was tempted to join them as the thought of the brightly colored coral, and sea life teased me to join them. It was $25USD for an hour and a half and it was probably good value, times ...

... - tuna, parrot fish, blue angel fish, zebra fish.....they all hugged the rocks around the edge of the sandy bottomed lagoon (no coral) and amassed at a couple of feeding points.  We finished snorkeling and had a couple of tequila and a couple of Pina ...

... headed straight back on the ferry, and after another check at the post office and nothing we got a colectivo minibus straight to playa del Carmen, another resort further south. After finding a cheap, and mouse infested hostel its straight to Dr Tacos, yum ...

... se pueden ver tiburones, ya que el agua es clara y poco profunda... en fin... "solo" vimos delfines de nuevo. Luego a una playa hecha entera enterita de conchas, hasta 5m de profundidad (las hay en Espania, pero creo que no tan enormes), y por ultimo, a ...

... down the Carribean Coast of Mexico, through Belize, and into Guatemala, and it went something like this... From Cancun i headed down to Playa Del Carmen, a beach resort about an hour down the coast - about 15 years ago it used to be a tiny fishing ...

... walk down to the "pier"  right next to the pool and see plenty of tropical fish and sea life. We stayed at the Coral Princess Hotel which was clean and nice and the staff was friendly.  Immediately after arriving we asked for an upgrade on our ...

... dives in Belize since the water had better visibilty and the reef was more alive. Unlike Belize, there was a lot less dead white coral. Definately need a dive computer if I dive with dive masters in teh future since at the moment need to rely on them to ...

... colors! I also saw … CORAL! Brain coral, smooth star coral, staghorn coral, elkhorn coral, seafans, and not just coral but manta rays! Then after pilling in, we visited a cave! We saw stalagmites, stalactites, and cute fruit bats! It takes millions ...