Mexico - Dec. 2013

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January 2nd 2014

Published: August 16th 2014

Bonnie and I came back to Mexico from Guatemala. We went diving in Cenotes around Tulum and Playa del Carmen, and had a few dives in the Ocean near Playa del Carmen. And Silvester in Cancun...:-) Diving in the ocean was special we wanted to see sharks, and we saw some at "Jardines". Just a few hundred meters away from the pier at Playa del Carmen. And they were Bullsharks. The massive, strong guy... Read Full Entry

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Seeing the sun is good...:-)

When you lost the guiding line its obviously bad...

Going behind the "Stop" Signs can be deadly...

Cenote Taj Mahal

Dec. 29th. Cenote Taj Mahal was my 150th dive and it was one of the best ever. I guess the best Cenote Dive I had!

Dave in Cenote Taj Mahal

Dave from Abyssdiving, our diveguide.

Halocline in Cenote Taj Mahal

On the left you can see the reflection at the halocline, the separation layer between saltwater and freshwater. The saltwayer lies under the freshwater.

Rays of light in Taj Mahal

Just amazing!

Dave in the halocline

when a diver enters the halocline it is stirred up and creates something like an oily layer, blurry and fuzzy.

A green hole in Taj Mahal

like an alien world...

Green light in Taj Mahal

looks just eerie... But beautiful.

A hole in the ceiling

of one of the caves of Taj Mahal.

Surfaced!

And happy about that amazing dive in Taj Maha!

Cenote Taj Mahal, the entrance to dive there

I think liked Taj Mahal most of all dives.

Fish feeding on us

In Playa del Carmen they offer this service for a lot of money. In the Cenotes you may get it for free. and it feels funny:

Bonnie, as fish are picking her

Really a funny feeling when fish are picking you...:)

Snorkeling in Gran Cenote

Dec. 30th. This is how stalagtites look like when they just enter the water.

A turtle living in Gran Cenote

Casa Cenote

A crab in the the system Casa Cenote. Its an open system and just before it enters the sea the stream of water enters a cave system. Casa cenote has some saltwater, but also a freshwater stream enters the ssytem from the caves.

A fish in Casa Cenote

Mangroves in Casa Cenote

Mangroves are the kindergarden of many fish. So many little fish!

Bonnie taking pictures

down at a few meters deep, just where the powerful fresh water comes out from the caves.

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