UNDERWATER SMILES
We had the opportunity to visit three different reefs in the Tulum region. One reef was located in a privately owned, cave-enclosed cenote.
ONE FISH, TWO FISH
MANY FISH
BLUE FISH
SWIMMING IN OPEN CENOTES
Cenotes are formations produced by rains and floods along million years that, when combines water and carbonic acid resulted underwater passages, used by the Maya people for their rituals, which ones it is possible to find vestiges nowadays. Ancient Maya citizens thought the cenotes were windows to the other world and a connection to the afterlife; hence their rituals to the underworld gods were organized around them. The "dzonots", cenote in the Mayan language, were the only places to obtain fresh water from and even nowadays, their waters remain absolutely pure and many have never been touched by the sun. "Cenotes: Sacred Paradises" by Paula Camera http://www.cancun.com/Editorial/Cenotes/
