Today I wanted to dive really small cave and only doubles....no rebreathers, no scooters and no stages, and easy access to a cave. I didn't want to track anyone down for a key or anything like that. But of course, it is Sunday so as we would find out....good luck with that.
Plan A was Kolimba, as we had seen it open a few days ago. Nope, today it was all locked up and I couldn't find anyone there. Plan B was Car Wash, but not the main cenote, the one behind it that used to be Luke's Hope...again it was locked up and main Carwash had over 6 vehicles there. So we quickly came up with plan C, Chan Hol south of Tulum. Perfect.
We had a very nice dive in Chan Hol and stayed tothe right and took jumps all over the place. For those non-cave divers, a jump is when you leave one line and jump on to another. I got my wish of really small cave, and we had to turn around more than once when we just couldn't fit through. Sidemount has been popping into my mind a few times this trip.....but not going there yet. Sidemount is when your tanks are on your sides and not on your back....allowing you to get into some smaller spaces that you wouldn't be able to fit with the traditional back mounted set-up.
We gain access to Cenote Camillo/Muchachos tomorrow and I am really looking forward to that.
Last night was Carnival.....there was a huge parade with floats and people dressed up in costume....who knew? It was quite a sight, the floats and parade made two passes down the main drag, very cool. Glad we decided to have dinner in town as if we had opted for the beach, we would have missed the whole show.
Muchachos deck picture....this is the before, on Tuesday we will have the after picture. Notice the cardboard target int he background propped up on the logs.
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