Finally, a cenote!

So we are now in Tulum, Mexico. We came here quickly on our first loop of the Yucatan to see the ruins, but we wanted to come back to stay in the town. Today we took a tour of a cenote, well, three cenotes. It was called Dos Ojos. It was very cool, we got to swim around and snorkle in them (still using our snorkles!). A cenote is an underground cave that is filled with freshwater, and many of the cenotes are a mile or so deep and have a system of interconnected caves. We were able to snorkle from one cenote to another, with stalactites just above our heads. In some areas there was only a few inches of clearance so you had to be careful not to lift your head up and smash it into one of those crazy stalactites. We were given flashlights to use underwater to check out all the scenery, it was very cool. Weirdly enough, there was only one type of fish in the cenotes...We were wondering how it got there, and why weren't there any other fish in there? I must investigate this...Anyways, I will show some pictures soon.
After the cenotes, we went to the beach for a little while. It was amazing that you could see the Tulum ruins from miles down the beach! We should've just swam there last time, instead of paying an entrance fee ;(
And for dinner, BBQ at the hostel, called The Weary Traveller...It's such a good system, you buy a burger patty, or chicken, or fish, and then everyone grills their food however they would like it on this big communal grill. It comes with all these great veggies, salad, mashed potatoes, and 2 beers...All for 50 pesos (about $5). You can really load up on the food here! Which was perfect, since we didn't have lunch.
I just spent an hour or so chatting with an older lady from Italy who went on the cenote tour with us. She doesn't speak English, so it was encouraging that I was able to understand her and speak in Spanish with her, as she only knew Italian and Spanish, very little English. We had a nice chat and went for ice cream together...I'm learning!