I can’t believe it’s our last night here. Boo.
Today was our golfcart expedition, which began promptly at 10.30 after a leisurely breakfast. We skipped the turtle sanctuary (because eew) and headed for the shark thing. It turns out that to see the whale sharks, you have to reserve a time on a boat and then it’s, you know, a boatride to get to them, because they’re massive, and not just hanging out by the shoreline. And there was a nurse shark that you could apparently swim around with that I wanted to see instead, which WAS right on the shoreline. But once we got up to it, I felt really bad for it because there was a huge crowd of people getting photos with it, and it just seemed really sad that this poor creature’s entire existence consists of being held by strangers for pictures, day in and day out. So we left fairly abruptly.
After that, it was off to the easternmost tip of the island, which was BREATHTAKING. We had drinks and snacks atop a hill that overlooked the ocean on three sides. You could go to endcap of this hill, and there were pathways created around the cliff, which were positively treacherous but SO COOL. I got video of some of the waves crashing into them. There’s NO WAY we could have had Mini-Mock with us, because there are no barriers or fences to block little kids from just tumbling right off the cliffs into the ocean. It was totally scarily awesome. Plus, there were giant iguanas sunning themselves on the rocks. LOVE.
After that, we drove around some more just taking in the scenery and taking a ton of pictures, and then we decided to swim in the ocean after dumping our stuff at the hotel. We hit the very north tip of the island to do that, and I wished we’d have bought a waterproof disposable camera. Where we were, you could walk out into the ocean forEVER, and still only be barely waist deep. It was so funky looking to see all the people super far away from shore just wading in knee high water. As we waded back to shore from what seemed like MILES into the ocean, a stingray swam right by us. So COOL.
We hit Jax restaurant for dinner one last time and watched the first half of the Colts game there. A nice couple walked in, and we struck up a conversation with them, and it turns out that they live TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM US in Indy. I am not making this up. Smallest world ever. Can you even stand it?
Tomorrow we’re doing one last breakfast and then heading to the ferry to go back to Cancun and then home! This week has been a whirlwind of relaxation, if that makes any sense. We are PSYCHED to get back to the boys, but not really looking forward to the winter temps back home.
How sick are you guys of hearing about this trip? 
It’s almost over. Promise.
No, Mockarena, I’m not tired of hearing about your trip. I feel like I get to experience it vicariously through you. Lord knows I’ll never get to go myself since my husband absolutely refuses to fly. So unless I want to spend like two weeks in a car just to get there, I have to settle for reading about your experiences. It sounds gorgeous!
It has been such a joy to hear about your trip; I feel so included.
Mock, you left out the part about getting away from the tourists area then washing down a bunch of burritos with the local water. How much fun is that?
I wonder if it’s the same poor Nurse shark that was there when I went. I wouldn’t doubt it. My friends and I started referring to it as the “poor retarded shark” once we saw how it behaved. We changed our minds too, about swimming with it. It was just too sad.
The rest of it, though was awesome. More than almost anything else, I couldn’t get over the gorgeous color of the water. Even when the sun was going down, it sparkled and changed colors like jewels do. It went from turquoise to sapphire blue … oh, it was so gorgeous! I’ve been there three times now, but reading your account makes me remember that first trip and how perfect it all was.