Excursion to the Caribbean

This past weekend we spent three days going east to Quintana Roo (the neighboring state east of the Yucatan). We visited 3 Maya ruins: Ek Balam, Tulum, and Coba. All were wonderful.

We stayed at this dive hotel at Playa del Carmen called ¨Phantom Paradise¨and it had these Casper-looking ghosts on the sign and I couldn´t stop laughing about it. Was it supposed to be scary? Haunted? Playa del Carmen reminds me of going to Panama City Beach for spring break in college.

We stopped at a prison and bought hammocks made by the prisoners. We also went to Punta Laguna and saw spider monkeys but not the howler monkeys. I also did the night frog walk with Mark and the students and we saw a tarantula and many, many frogs. I also saw the huge crocodile in the lake! We also went to Akumal and the students snorkeled and saw the reef and many sea turtles. Also we stopped at the Grand Cenote and I swam in the spring and saw lots of fish and turtles. The water was very cold!