Throughout the Yucatan area there is a vast network of caves with essentially underground rivers flowing through them. They're called cenotes and they're amazing. The cenotes are sinkholes formed from limestone that has collapsed and leaves the exposed crystal clear waters below.
It turns out you can snorkel them. There's fish and cool cave features in the clearest water you'll ever see. While I love the photo below of Derek ready to snorkel, these photos don't come close to doing it justice. Here's some Google images that help bridge the gap.
As an added bonus, at the end of the trip we got to play with a pet monkey. Always a good way to end a day of snorkeling through caves.
So glad you guys hit the cenotes!
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