Akumal Bay

This is the view from my beach chair……Well, it finally happened today….. I swam with about a dozen turtles!!!  I was snorkeling in Akumal Bay just enjoying the fish, when I ventured out farther than last time there and suddenly there was a turtle swimming by me!  I was so excited, but it swam away fast.  Before I knew it, there were three more turtles swimming by me so I hung around.  They were munching on the sea grass and seaweed that was on the sea floor.  One of the smaller ones was digging into the sand to get the sea grass it wanted!  Then a few more turtles appeared, two large turtles and two smaller ones.  I was surrounded by turtles!  The larger turtles were very friendly, swimming right up by me so close that I just had to give them a rub on their shells!  I know it’s illegal, but what are you to do when they come so close?  Oh well, I would just deny it!  Anyway, it was amazing swimming with all the turtles and I just couldn’t bring myself to come in!  There is a great reef out there too with lots of fish.  One of the larger turtles had two weird looking fish attached to its shell so I watched for a while and realized that they were cleaning it’s shell.  They somehow attached themselves on their backs to the turtle’s shell and when the turtle stopped moving for a minute, they quickly turned over and started munching!  They were long fish with a big yellow stripe.  Now Akumal Bay is officially my favorite place now that I know where the turtles are hanging out!  Stay tuned for more adventures!