Nadar en Mexico

The main spot where we would swim in the ocean

There have been a lot of good swimming spots that we have visited on our trip. We have been swimming in the Caribbean, under ground caves, a lake, and pools.

I prefer the Caribbean because there are a lot of  small waves and sometimes it's completely still. My brother and I like jumping into the waves and getting sucked under the water. The ocean here is different than it is back  home. First of all it's the Caribbean Sea and we live on the Pacific. It's also a bit warmer and the beaches are really white and the water is super blue.

The under ground caves were fun because they were super dark and little fish swam around your feet. The under ground caves are also called Cenotes and they have really long underground tunnels filled with water and sometimes bats. All of the little fish swim around and nibble on your feet. There are also some small turtles that you couldn't swim by in the Cenote we visited, which was the Gran Cenote outside of Tulum. The Cenotes are found in the Yucatan and used to be one of the main sources of water for the Mayans. 

A view from above of the Cenotes

Looking into the dark caves

When we visited the lake it was really windy so there were little waves, and it was also kind of deep. The lake's name is Lago Bacalar and we had to take a forty five minute bus ride from Chetumal to get there. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get in at first because of how windy it was and the water wasn't that warm. When I got in my brother and I swam to a small wooden platform with two diving boards and we jumped off of them a lot.

A veiw of the lake

One of the small platforms with the diving boards

The pools here are really cold but not much different than back home. I really like swimming in these different places with my brother.