He mau miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua puka mai ka penikala ʻo Yucatan mai ke kai ma ke ʻano he papa pōhaku limestone kahi e hiki ʻole ai ke ola o nā kahawai.
A ma hope iho, i loko o nā makahiki he mau kaukani, kū ka ua i kēia pōhaku nui loa a kulu ka wai i loko o ka lepo, kahi e hana ai i nā kahawai ʻoiaʻiʻo e hou i nā papa hohonu loa. ʻO nā cenote ka hopena o kēia hana; kū lākou i ka wā e wehe ʻia ai ka wai o ka papa o lalo e hana ana i nā hiolo o nā lua i hana ʻia e nā kahe o lalo
Aia nā cenote liʻiliʻi me ke aniani wai kokoke i ka pae honua, a i ʻole nā mea nui loa me kahi "pana" kiʻekiʻe ma waena o ka honua a me ka wai. E like me lākou a i kēia lā kahi kumu o ka lako o ka wai no ka lehulehu, i ka wā i hala ua manaʻo ʻia lākou kahi noho o nā akua wai, a, no laila, he mea hoʻomana a hoʻomana.
Puna: Nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai Aeroméxico No. 16 Quintana Roo / kauwela 2000