First trip to Mexico

At the ripe old age at 48 I made my first trip to Mexico. It wasn't really high on my list but I did think about going to see the migration of the monarch butterflies but my buddy Darin emailed about the whale sharks that we near the Cancun Area. Isla Mujeured to be specific.

So three days later were we in Mexico. It was basically Cancun that had no particular appeal for me but I was really looking forward to seeing the sharks. I remember driving from the airport with all the shiny resorts and American influences if there would be any great Mexican food.

As we went over the trip and rules of being in the water we had the added bonus of seeing some very large manta rays. After a 45 minute choppy boat ride we arrives and there were sharks everywhere. We think we saw at least 30 whales and 20 rays. Both species are baleem  feeds and take in a lot of sea water and filter out the plankton. The average size of a shark is about 13 meters and 21 tons. Just amazing to be that close to so many. They are almost harmless to humans. The rays were very graceful to be around as well.

The next day was quiet with us renting a golf cart and went to a turtle hatchery. I basically live on a turtle beach in Nicaragua but still like to see them.

I don't think I would ever go back to Mexico just to go visit a resort but there are lots of interesting

things to do there.