Snorkeling to MUSA

We took a ferry ride over to Isla Mujeres to try and go snorkeling.  

We found the best deal right away and went out with about 10 other people on a small motor boat.  It ended up being an all day thing. They took us to a sunken ship in very shallow water first. 1 of our guides stayed on the boat while the other jumped in with us and showed us what to look for and where to swim. They gave us life vests again, which made snorkeling much easier since we weren't treading water the entire time.

That's me by the ship. Since we don't have our underwater camera anymore, so sad, we only got pictures from the boat.

After exploring the boat, they took us to a second location near a small (possibly manmade) island where we saw lots of other sea life, like barracudas, and star fish. It was REALLY fun.  Then after that, they brought us out to the deep water to see the MUSA statues. (Click here to see pictures of the statues underwater) This is an underwater museum that is trying to encourage sea life and corals to come back to the area. And it's working! They dropped tons of statues made of material that promotes coral growth. Most are statues of people, but there were also cars, and tables, and a number of other interesting things. The people were made from models in Mexico, which I think is really neat.  Paul and I took turns taking off our floaties and free diving down to see the statues better. There were schools of fish swimming around and my goal was to touch one and I did! Paul is really good at free diving and got down really deep. It was such an amazing experience.