A Great Day at a Cenote in Sunny Playa del Carmen
Brian and I wallowed a bit in our own personal pity party yesterday, but when we woke to the sun shining today, we decided to be positive and enjoy what life here has to offer. Not far from our place, a five minute scooter ride (yep, we got a scooter haha; You can read about that here) is a beautiful cenote.
A cenote, pronounced [seˈnotay], is a fresh water underground spring or pothole, and there are some beautiful ones throughout the Yucatan Peninsula (where we are). A lot of the big ones have become big money-making tourist traps, but this little one is shared mostly by locals.
You can see here the water bubbling up behind this lady. Yep, I felt like a total creeper taking their picture, but they did not seem to mind in the least :) What's great about these is that it's fresh water, not salt water, and it's very cool, almost cold. It's so weird to walk through this crystal clear cold water, then over that little bit of sand, and then into the salty ocean!
If flows, lagoon-style to the right and into those trees. And if you've been following my "ocean" posts, there is piles of sargassum at the ocean shoreline, but it's impossible to see from this angle. And true to form, I forgot to take a photo of it :)
Here's a shot zoomed in; It's a little difficult to tell, because the water is so clear, but the only sand in this photo (besides the sand under water:) is the wee bit to the right!
And even the grounds around it are pristine. We were here almost a year ago and it was really a mess ... weeds everywhere, potholes, garbage ... so there's obviously been a bit of an initiative to pretty the whole area up!
You can see the entire area is surrounded by forest too. It really is a great place to spend the day, or in our case, an hour or so.
I'll leave you with our attempt at a smoochy selfie haha
As goofy as it is, I love this photo!!!
Thank you everyone for your support on my 'scooter/pity party' post :) I haven't had a chance to respond yet, but please know that your comments made our hearts grow and our smiles beam!! <3
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
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Oh yeah first destination reached already with the bike! Beautiful place but the picture of you together is the best. 😎
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Wow! I can't imagine a spring and a fresh flowing water pool right next to the ocean! The place looks fantastic with the white sand, water clear as can be! Amazing...
It's the coolest thing! They have some here that are huge, and you can go snorkeling or some even lead into underwater caves ... haven't ventured there myself yet :)
That is amazing... Lol, scaredy cat me would be a lil wary of underwater caves though, am not a great swimmer... and definitely not underwater!! :D But would be wonderful to those who do go underwater, or scuba divers...
Looks like a really sweet spot & a memorable outting. Glad you're able to be out & about today ❤🙏🐴🌅🎶
Thank you so much @yogajill! The water reminds me of Lake Louise a bit; so clear and so cold :)
That is a very nice place to spend a day.
Thanks @stever82; it really is magnificent!
I love how you guys don't let Brian's illness get in the way and upset life. Hopefully great days out like this helps to recharge both of you giving you a bit more strength. Take care!!!
Thank you @livinguktaiwan! We both decided a long time ago that the cancer may get him in the end, but in the meantime, it can just f*k off :)
(*I normally don't swear here lol)
What a wonderful couple you are! Oh, and that beach is lovely. Very strange that thing with such a clear fresh water just a few steps away from the ocean.. it looks like it was not that crowded..a perfect day! 😊 I wish you many more days like this! ❤
Thank you @delishtreats, that's so sweet of you to say! It is so strange, but so awesome to be able to cool off in non-salty water! And yes, it wasn't crowded; most of the locals have Mondays off because it's such a tourist destination, they all have to work the weekends.
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Mexico ... a dream to many people, also to me! And in the situation I'm in now, I never can go and visit it, but by seeing your posts. The dream grows and my heart is filled with cheerful feelings and my mind is filled with an even more greater wish to go there at least once. On the other hand, I know Mexico has also their problems ... but from your posts it sure looks like a dream to live there.
It really is such a beautiful place @hetty-rowan, but like anywhere, there's a lot of problems. Police and government corruption, littering is rampant, recycling is basically non-existent, and poverty among many. But, the people are so sweet, life is really simple and commercialism and materialism is just not a thing.
When I get to the beach though, that's all I see is perfection :)
Thank you so much for stopping by!