P1010201.JPG=He is slowly swimming away from me.
P1010204.JPG=This is the beginning of his tail
P1010380.JPG=He also found this beautiful cow fish.
P1010653.JPG=There were eight people in the cage with these monkeys.
P1010190.JPG=His dorsal fin.
P1030458.JPG=This is about 10 feet in front of the nest.  She dug out a lot of sand while covering the nest.
P1010346.JPG=Look carefully.  There are lots of needle fish in this picture.
LN and MB Swimming.jpg=We also got to swim in some of the caverns.
P1010360.JPG=And there are lots of iguanas in this picture!  Unfortunately, they were trained by the local guides to come to the sound of a plastic bag opening.  They loved the banana chips.
WhaleSharkMB2.mov=This is a movie of one of the whale sharks taken from the boat.  You can see his head, dorsal fin and tail.
P1010373.JPG=Our guide ound this big conch.
LB and MB Toboggan.jpg=And we went down the "toboggan".  Don't ask me why they called it a tobaggan - there was no snow.
P1010641.JPG=They are very inquisitive little creatures.
P1010488.JPG=And this one thinks she is a hairdresser.
P1010469.JPG=This is Luna - a spider monkey.  We visited a spider monkey sanctuary where the family rescues unwanted and un-cared-for pets.
P1010688.JPG=My sherpa - named Mikey.  He was an amazingly good little brother and carried the majority of our stuff.
P1010178.JPG=The first group from out boat is out swimming with the whale shark.  You can see his dorsal fin and the tip of his tail in this picture.
IMG_1868.JPG=This is the head of a whale shark
P1010327.JPG=A crocodile was resting in the shade.  He didn't move until I had put away my camera.
P1010582.JPG=They do like visiting with people.
P1030455.JPG=Our last night in Akumal, we had the pleasure of watching this Green Sea Turtle lay her eggs.  We saw her just as she started digging her nest and stayed for 2 hours until she laid the eggs and covered the nest and crawled back to the ocean and swam away.
P1010217.JPG=My brother, Mikey, enjoying the ride home from the whale sharks.
P1010526.JPG=She had to take a break during our visiting session.
P1010691.JPG=And now you know that Starbucks is everywhere.
P1010203.JPG=Now you can see his dorsal fin from underwater.  And aren't his spots beautiful?!
P1010318.JPG=This is an "Ojo de Agua".  It is a natural fresh water spring on the island.  The ocean water was quite warm.  This water was very cold.
P1010294.JPG=There are flamingos on Holbox Island too.
P1030456.JPG=This is the back end of her nest - after she covered it.  You would never know.....
P1030310.JPG=A front view of the whale shark's nose and closed mouth.
P1010679.JPG=This is one of the other nests on the beach.  It appears that a hermit crab has checked it out.
P1010444.JPG=I had to get a picture of a Magnificent Frigatebird in with the Tulum ruins.
LB and MB walking in cavern.jpg=It really did look like a real cave - and probably was!
P1010617.JPG=This sure makes me miss Sarah - my spider monkey.  I had her for almost 30 years.
P1010573.JPG=She must have been tired from all the visiting too.
P1010206.JPG=And that is the back view of his tail as he finishes swimming away from me.  I could not keep up with him - and he was just swimming slowly while he was feeding....
P1010205.JPG=Here is his tail
P1010643.JPG=They are always busy.
IMG_1867.JPG=Look at the size of this whale shark compared to the boats in the background.
LB and MB Zipline.jpg=One day we went to a local water park in a cave system.  It is basically a theme park - and is quite well organized.  Mikey is in front and I am just behind on parallel zip lines.
P1030461.JPG=We found this little hermit crab just outside our hotel.
WhaleSharkMB.mov=This movie is another underwater view of the shark swimming at the camera with his mouth open.
P1010163.JPG=Our hotel on Holbox Island - Casa Las Tortugas  The intersection in front of the hotel is flooded.  It was flooded after every rain.  We were lucky to have a couple of days with very little rain. The golf carts are the island version of taxi cabs.
P1010647.JPG=I think she is checking out his nostrils.  The second monkey is the consultant.
P1010685.JPG=A turtle left these tracks as she crawled back to the ocean.
P1010183.JPG=An underwater view of a whale shark's head. You can see his black eye on the lower left and his lower lip/jaw just in front of the eye.
P1030368.JPG=We were just dropped off by the "collectiva" which is a very cheap means of transportation.  But they drop you off at the edge of the road.  Our hotel is directly ahead and then around the corner.  It was very hot there too.
P1010321.JPG=Mikey doesn't mind the cold.  "Mikey likes it!"  (That comment will separate the old from the young).
Lorrie at Tulum.JPG=And I am there in the Tulum ruids with a guard iguana on each side.
P1010259.JPG=We stopped to do a little snorkelling.  Mikey found something fun to dive down to look at.
