I still can’t believe the Tren Maya is real - Big feelings during a deep dive in Cenote Maravilla

[@AzulUnlimited]

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[@deanm.3881]

Yes.. Everything. Is. Connected.

[@AzulUnlimited]

So true!

[@theck672]

Thanks for using your platform to inform and provide resources to get involved!

[@AzulUnlimited]

We all should try to do what we can. Even if it's just a small step. Collectively, it all adds up.

[@adventurescounteringlitter]

Thanks for the video. I love that you do what you can.

[@AzulUnlimited]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@StevenAbbott]

The world and the ocean have changed a lot since the days of my youth. Working my way through beautiful kelp fields in northern California searching for Abalone and playing with sea otters

[@AzulUnlimited]

Thanks for sharing!

[@5x9dev]

😣 We had heard that this was coming a few years ago when we went to the Cenotes for the first time. It is heartbreaking to see it actually taking place. I thought that Car Wash was the first one that was going to disappear, but I was glad to see your video a little while ago showing it's still there.

[@AzulUnlimited]

We have to keep trying to save these delicate and essential places.

[@HasanAlsawadi]

Amazing work.. all in all. You took us with you in a magnificent dive.. how lovely?! How beautiful?! Please keep up the good work 👌👌

[@AzulUnlimited]

Thank you very much!

[@alinepelzer-minimalistisch1694]

It breaks my heart - having dove there already 😢

[@AzulUnlimited]

Glad you had a chance to dive this location.

[@freedomwanderer]

Great Video!

[@AzulUnlimited]

Thanks so much for watching. I really appreciate it💙

[@caro_santamaria]

Also, I went to Maravilla literally yesterday! I was getting my freediving certification. Beautiful cenote! 👏🏽

[@AzulUnlimited]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@beunks]

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. --Edward Abbey

[@AzulUnlimited]

THIS

[@davidb5195]

This is soo sad and devastating to some amazing areas.

[@AzulUnlimited]

It's absolutely insane. I really can't believe it.

[@RGBCART]

Extremely sad about the Tren Maya project. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing Cenote Maravilla, I visited 3 weeks ago to do a freediving diving course there and it was nice to see it from a deeper view in your video.

[@AzulUnlimited]

The freedivers were SO IMPRESSIVE!! That must’ve been an incredible experience

[@timgosling6189]

Beautiful imagery, powerful and worrying message😳

[@AzulUnlimited]

Thank you. Please share to help bring more awareness.

[@caro_santamaria]

The whole project is absolute madness and it doesn't even make sense. The stations are SO far from the actual destinations, that people will still have to pay for expensive taxis with a gringo price regardless if you're a gringo or not. Look at what's happening with Tulum's new airport (which is not even in Tulum 🤡) The taxi fares from there to anywhere are insane! The whole thing only makes sense when you're talking about mega contracts, mega money and mega corrup tion, but unfortunately it wont benefit neither Mexicans nor tourists. It's devastating seeing how they're destroying such precious nature and getting away with it. I can only imagine the amount of wildlife that has also be kllled in the process 🐅💔

[@AzulUnlimited]

Ugh! It is so frustrating and depressing. But we all still have to keep trying and keep informing people on what's happening.

[@00bikeboy]

At least you're doing something to raise awareness. If enough of us scream maybe we can make a difference. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

[@AzulUnlimited]

Well said! We all have to do what we can.

[@andrewlee2129]

Depressing! I’ll be sure to take in as much of the cenotes as I can on my trip. Hopefully the voices will be heard and the cenotes around for future generations to enjoy

[@AzulUnlimited]

Absolutely. You’re gonna love them💙

[@marisaharris1384]

It is so sad that the Mexican Government didn't take its time to do the project with the ecological protections in place. A very rash decision that will come back to bite them in the bottom.

[@AzulUnlimited]

It’s really looking that way 🥺

[@BlueWaterCozumel]

Living on Cozumel for 15 years, we also have massive decline in reef system due to commercial expansion and pollution into reef. The island was at peak sustainable levels 10 years ago. Now its to the point of no return and general decline of natural resources.

[@AzulUnlimited]

So true! My next video is on my experience in Cozumel. It’s wild how many cruise ships visit…

[@BlueWaterCozumel]

@@AzulUnlimited The cruise ships definately do contribute to a lot of the decline of the island and its resources. The average cruise ship has 4000 passengers and we sometimes get 5 - 8 ships a day. thats 30000 plus people a day on the island and all are using toilet somewhere....a lot of it goes out to the water through the ground.

[@BlueWaterCozumel]

there is a reef called Villablanca just beside the cruise ship piers. It is remarkeably healthy compared to reefs in the marine park. Sadly , there is a 4th cruise ship pier planned for construction (destruction) on the Villablance reef.....

[@AzulUnlimited]

@@BlueWaterCozumel how can they think Cozumel can handle 4 (!) cruise ship piers???? that's insane

[@BlueWaterCozumel]

@@AzulUnlimited money talks....the owners of the ferry company Winjet are heavily involved with the 4th pier. They also own Playa Mia Beach Club which they just partnered with Royal Carribean as a private beach for them. Im thinking they will soon be shuttling people direct from Royal Carribean to the Playa Mia Beach are via Winjet Ferry....taxi union not gonna like that because there goes all their commissions for bringing people to Playa Mia Beach club. Just more pollution that is destructive to the island as a whole.

[@josephdracula7487]

👍🤿!

[@AzulUnlimited]

💙🙏

[@gingerstrand6153]

It was bound to happen unfortunately, with the big airport in Tulum, money,money money 💵 .

[@AzulUnlimited]

It's just sad that a balance always seems so hard to achieve.

[@billendres3115]

Sobering video but 100% accurate. Been living and diving in Merida for almost 2 years and seen the damage the greedy government has done and all because the outgoing president wanted it done before he left office. The first ride the president took on trey Maya it broke down and there has already been one derailment that I know of. Tragedy is bound to happen. Thank you for the great video and keep up the good fight. 😢

[@AzulUnlimited]

It's just so frustrating. But we have to keep trying. Thanks for your support!

[@vincentsubmarinismo774]

Tourists aren't using the train anyway. It's more expensive than the bus, the train stations are all a busride from town, so that's 2 bus trips and a train ride.........easier just to catch a bus.

[@AzulUnlimited]

That’s what I heard! So freaking crazy

[@javier-pr2jp]

Anyway...damage its done 😔

[@joecabeza6217]

It is heartbreaking and really looks more inevitable than anything at this point…. Even last year when we were there we saw large swaths of forest gone to make room for the train. What’s worse is that the train isn’t near any towns/cities by the ocean, so you can bet once the train is complete, more cenotes and forest will disappear to development….

[@AzulUnlimited]

Exactly. I don’t understand this need for constant growth. What we need are wild places.

[@trevorduncan9635]

Thank you for bringing awareness to this atrocity. Over 200 caves have been damaged by this project and counting. Your videos are bringing to the world what we are so privileged to see every day living here.....and the more that are aware of what is happening, the more that will fight to preserve its beauty. Thank you.

[@AzulUnlimited]

Thank you! Please share and hopefully more and more people will be aware and we can do something.

[@javier-pr2jp]

Es terrible. El egoísmo del gobierno, por querer ha er una obra para que su nombre sea recordado, y el egoísmo de quien gana dinero con la construction, no tiene limites. Si destruyen la belleza natural que atrae al turismo, que belleza van a ofrecer ??? Incoherencia total 😔

[@AzulUnlimited]

Exacto 😖 es tan triste y ridículo