Playa del Carmen Tequila “Museum”

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Stephane Daury

Selvatica Zip-Lining and Cenote Cliff-Diving

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Stephane Daury

The one goal I wanted to achieve on this trip to Mexico was cliff-diving in a cenote, which as you can see in the photos, I had the chance to do during our day spent at Puerto Morelos‘ Selvatica. The zip-lining was also a lot of fun.

Bonus: They produced a DVD of our group’s day at the end. I’ve attached the cenote diving video, in which you can see Teagan and myself being our usual crazy selves at 0:44, 1:52, 2:30, 2:33, 2:44 and 2:56. The zip-lining video is a tad too large to upload with my current connection, unfortunately.

Playacar Mayan Ruins

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Stephane Daury

Here is a photo gallery of the 5-700 year-old Mayan ruins site that is just a few meters away from our Playacar house. The (very shaky) video shows you just how close.

The Hectometer Freedive

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Stephane Daury

William Trubridge becomes the first human being to dive completely unassisted to 100 meters (one hectometer). With a single breath of air, and only his hands and feet for propulsion, he set this historic world record in Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas, on December 13, 2010.

Found via Thako: The HECTOMETER freedive on Vimeo.

Enclosed Cenote

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Stephane Daury

Went swimming into another hidden (private) cenote today, once again thanks to my local friend, Stéphane (yup, another one). It’s located close to the previous one, but is private instead of communal. It’s also enclosed, instead of opened, and is only accessible via a small manhole straight into the ground.

The above picture depicts how it looked to us: dark, with a beautiful sunlight coming through a man-made hole, wth crystal clear waters. The gallery shows it with a flash, to see how it actually looks when lit.