It was a epic journey....

Hard to describe what we just experienced, but I'll try.  We journeyed to the whale sharks this way:  Chauffeur (Evdad), ferry, foot, bus, foot, combi, ferry and foot.  Arrived at Isla Mujeres hot and sweaty, dragging our dive gear.  Lucked out with our hotel, rinsed off and went walking in search of water.  Turns out, it was the Island's 160th birthday so there was quite a celebration,  We found a wall to sit on and had a great time watching and listening to music.  I was traveling light so did not have my camera-so sorry.  The girls were all in traditional dress, just like the one Gram made for me when I was little.

We had an early morning wake up call this morning and an hour boat ride to reach the sharks.  Robert took these pictures.  I am posting them big so you can click on them and see them in full glory.  We were in about 140 feet of water.  There were 8 of us on the boat, and we were allowed 2 at a time in the water with a guide.

The whale sharks are the largest fish in the sea. Although there was some variation in size today, we were with guys whose mouths were close to 5 feet wide.  Their spots are unique to them, most were accompanied by a half dozen remoras.  They were clean, clean.  We had to paddle like crazy to keep up with what they seemed to be doing effortlessly.

Will have to upload the pics tomorrow-Roberto is hogging bandwidth uploading to facebook.  :-) We are happy to be home, clean and cool once again.