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Cancun Day 6 (Thursday)
Continuing with our theme of staying closer to the hotel, we decided to try the Jungle Tour. Several operators offer variations of this tour, which include a 45-minute ride to Punta Nizuc through the ocean jungle (marine plants), a 45-minute snorkel on the reef, and a 45-minute return ride. Our operator, Aqua World, which has a representative booth at the Hilton, offers rides on jet-ski like wave runners. Reon and Aya enjoyed the rides, though not the snorkeling. Michiko enjoyed the snorkeling though not the wave runner rides. I enjoyed both. The snorkeling was the best of the three spots we hit this week. Dozens of large coral heads were protected from boats with yellow-buoyed ropes, and around these coral heads could be found hard and soft corals, tubes, 2-3’ fans, and hundreds of fish. I did see some parrotfish, though I didn’t notice any pelagics during my brief stay there. The facilities at Aqua World were clean and nice, though the urinals were stopped up. We were disappointed that the included “lunch” consisted only of hamburgers, even though the outdoor (covered) restaurant had a couple dozen items on the menu. Tours run every 3 hours. We did the 12PM tour, though the 9AM tour would have been preferred.
For an early dinner we returned to the fish place. This time we tried the Octopus Caviche, which was even more delightful than the Shrimp Caviche. We also tried the Garlic Grilled Fish and the Breaded Fish, which I thought were better than yesterday’s fried fish. The kids also seemed to like them, though Aya didn’t like the Caviche very much. Afterwards we went to the pool and prepared, hot and sun-burned, for the return trip home.