Slipping into silence.

The cenotes near Tulum are nature’s hidden cathedrals — ancient sinkholes carved into limestone over centuries. The water is impossibly clear — cool, blue-green, and still — as if the earth itself is holding its breath. Entering one feels like stepping out of time. Sound vanishes. Light bends.

The Maya believed these were portals to the underworld, and it’s easy to see why. In the cenote, the ordinary world fades, replaced by something deeper — sacred, suspended, and utterly still.