Driving and Diving!

Imagine our relief when after two consecutive nights on a bus (our journey broken only by a few hours exploring Palenque in some of the worst humidity I have ever experienced) we eventually arrived on the island of Cozumal and were greeted by white sands and clear aqua sea, just what we needed after our mammoth journey!

Having spent a few days recently on the beach we thought that it was time to do something a little different, so we found a small, back street hire company and hired the most clapped out, creaky, loud and totally cool VW beetle on the island (there are lots of Americans on the island who would only hire the newest, most fantastic car, so we got a real bargain and were quite unique!). It was a bright yellow (although a little sun faded), convertible beetle that didn´t have any windows apart from the windscreen (luckily it didn´t rain as I don´t think the roof would have worked if we had tried to put it up) and people could hear us coming from a few miles away as the exhaust was so loud. All in all a perfect car to drive around a little island. We spent the day cruising around, stopping at deserted beaches for a swim and generally having a great time.

However, the real reason for venturing this far south was to explore the beautiful waters that surround this little island. So, we once again donned our wetsuits and ventured into the underwater world. Our first dive was amazing, 28m underwater we swam through narrow rock tunnels and explored tiny underwater caves made out of coral. However, the highlight of our day was definitely during dive number two. Not only did we once again get to swim with a turtle but while drifting along, minding our own business, we suddenly noticed two sharks swimming towards us! Rest assured, they were Nurse sharks and so our lives were not in immanent danger! Although a little scary it was an awesome experience.