Mexico is famous for its cenotes, especially in the yucatan peninsular region. A cenote is a natural sinkhole that has formed as a result of collapsed limestone bedrock that has exposed the ground water. Cenotes were often used by the Mayans for water supplies and occasionally sacrificial offerings. This particular cenote was used by Mayan royalty to bathe in. It is believed that bathing in it will keep you young.
To use the cenote you had to rent a compulsory life jacket for about £2 and take a pre shower. You then walk down a steep wooden staircase to reach the bottom.I am a real wuss when it comes to heights, cold and not being able to see the bottom so this combined most of my major fears in one. So even though to most people it was really easy to jump in and my bf even back flipped in, it took me so many attempts just to jump off the edge. The life guard was getting kind of annoyed with me and said if I didn’t go I should go to the back of the queue! It’s probably what pushed me to just go for it. Actually the water was warmer than many of the pools here and super refreshing, once I had done it once I did it multiple times. For me personally it was really overcoming a huge fear so my silly little jump off the edge represented a big achievement.
The cenote is attached to a hotel, and we also had a buffet lunch included. You had two hours at the place to swim and enjoy the buffet, so obviously I wanted to split 50-50 because I was starving. I was really pleased to be able to use the buffet because I’ve found it hard just finding vegetables here surprisingly! I went back about three times and Peter was kind of getting frustrated because he wanted to go to the cenote and I really wanted to eat. I ate so much so fast that I felt so bloated when I went down to the cenote, I know I should’ve done it the other way round, we were just so hungry as we just had only had a coffee and fruit at 6am and it was 3 pm. Even though it was healthy I just ate a large quantity very fast.
After the swim the place gave us tequila samples… something a lot of people seem to do round here, maybe they think if they get you drunk enough, you will buy something from the store! I also bought a young coconut that ended up being the size of my head, definitely the biggest one.