Swimming with Dolphins

While in Cozumel, we did an excursion where we got to swim with dolphins.  It's something both of us have always wanted to do, so we were super excited to get to swim with these amazing animals!  We got off the cruise, hopped in a taxi for a short ride to Dolphinaris in Cozumel.  After getting our life vests and short instructions, we split up into groups and got into the cove.  It is an enclosed pool/cove, but it's right on the ocean, which was really amazing.  

We got out in the water as a group first and lined up out in the deep water.  The dolphins would swim back and forth so we could pet them as they went by.  Then we got to individually go out there and get a dolphin kiss and hold their fins!

The best part came when we got to ride the dolphins.  We went out in the deep water and the trainer would send them to us.  We held out our left hand and the dolphin would swim under us, belly up, and we grabbed onto their fins and rode them.  They gradually sped up really fast ...it's amazing how fast they are.  It was incredible!