Mexico day 5: Cenote diving then walking around town (10/2/18)

***Today and tomorrow will not have any pictures as I was mostly diving and didnt have my camera with me for the dives.

Got up and had breakfast at the hostel which was nothing special. Quick and easy. Head to the dive shop, get my gear and then my guide grabs the car and we head south to the cenotes. We do one dive through the cave formations and checking out fossils in the formations of coral and other sea life that used to call this place home. Come up and get tanks swapped out and then do the bat cave dive where we surface in a bat cave with bats flying all around which was really awesome to be able to just chill in a cave for a little bit and watching them in their home. The cenote dives were vastly different than any diving I had done to this point; clear fresh water with streams of sunlight coming in through various openings in the rocks highlighting the formations underneath while also having a flashlight to look at the formations where there was no natural light. Hardly any sea life present but going into it knowing you are there for the views and how the light plays with the vastness of the caves made not seeing many animals fine as the sights were fascinating. Get back into town and park to unload the gear. The second we get inside, the sky opens up and a freaking monsoonish type rain come down for about 5 mins. Once it dies down, walk back to the hostel to shower/change and walk on over to El Fogon for dinner. Delicious food (ordered too much but was great so was ok with that :) ) and after a beer or 2, head back towards the hostel taking a meandering path to see more of the city. Get back and hang for a little bit having a beer before going to bed as I have another day of diving tomorrow.