Doing an excursion in Cozumel with Lynn and Sarah. Rio Secreto (or as the ship excursion office called it, adding an amazing, “The Amazing Secret River”).

It was similar to the cave tubing I did with my parents only instead of floating on tubes, we swam and walked through water in much narrower, creepier caves. I was in the back of the line wending trough the underground tunnels, so, by horror movie logic, the most likely to be picked off by some subterranean water monster.

Near the end, our guide, who was French for some reason, said, “The Mayans used to believe that when you come down into this cave, you are dead and then when you come back out you are alive again. You are reborn. So, we are all going to turn off our lights and be quiet and in the darkness we will be dead for a few seconds. And then we will be reborn, and go get lunch and see if you want to buy any pictures.”