Cenotes and stuff

Made our way to the town of Tulum where we did an amazing visit to a Cenote - limestone caves filled with the clearest freshwater.  Truly another world with fish, turtles below and bats flying above. Logan loved it.  Shane took a bit of a dip, but the flapping of his hands indicated the water was mucho frio!  

We´re finding things are ridiculously expensive here considering its Mexico.  Equal or more than Canadian prices for meals and accommodation.  We tried lowering our standards to save a bit one night in Coba, but it still ended up as 35 bucks for a room of standards that Ali and I would have barely considered when we were 23 years old.  We will be moving on.

 

Coba did have some amazing ruins.  Those Mayans.  They left this place in ruins! 

A huge archaelogical site with 6500 ruins, most still uncovered, and those that are uncovered were amazing!  This was a day of intense hiking.  There is no rest for the parents of having to cart things on our backs.   

Logan hiked up to the top with daddy, which was a serious feat.  There was only a moment to enjoy the incredible views before we had to descend as the rain approached in seconds.  After it seemed like the rain stopped, he did it a SECOND time for mommy´s turn up to the top.  That one, however, did not turn out so good as the biggest downpour let down and flooded the site.  They were stranded on top and he was less than pleased trying to get down with all the rain. 

Doing this stuff with our kids is tough - I can´t even begin to describe how tough - but fun as we have to slow down and limit ourselves to only activity a day.  It´s making us really focus on the highlights and making sure things go smoothly.  It´s funny to see the reactions to certain things - like Logan is stoked just to see ¨"construction guys" climbing up buildings and digging holes, or "those guys on motorcycles with no helmets on, I hope a police officer doesn´t come" ... nevermind the beaches and ruins thank you very much.