Tulum....white sands and blue skies..A Dream

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November 20th 2006

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Tulum

White sands and blue skies.....

Tulum was one of the main places in Mexico I could not wait to see.
Five hours on a bus and Sivan, Sam, Lily and I were in Tulum.
We decided to stay one night in town and checked into the Weary Traveller Hostel that was listed in the Lonely Planet book.

Now, up to this stage of my blogs, you would see that I never really had much negative comments about my trip but as I travel further down south, I have to say it does take more out of you and this hostel that we stayed in was a good example as it was perhaps one of the most dissapointing places that I have stayed in thus far. When we arrived, they had just finished fumigating the beds. We were told that there were complaints of bed bugs in this hostel. It was noisy at night and most of us could not wait to check out the next morning and head to the beach. The lonely planet has been a good reference point but you have to still rely on fellow travellers to give you the best advice you need as you travel.

After collating all the

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and coconut trees.....

information we needed, we left the very next morning and found a nice cabana called Santa Fe, by the beach and each paid US$6 each per night as all five of us shared one cabana.

The beaches of Tulum was as expected, white sands, blue skies and not too many tourist as the busy season was still a couple of weeks away.

It was unfortunate that it was not as hot as we expected as Tulum was hit by a cold front for the week. In the day it was perfect. Hot, windy and it was not humid at all.
But by night it was freezing! Had three shirts on and even under my blanket (sponsored by Cathay Pacific!) it was cold!
The structure of our cabanas was made of wood that had 3cm gaps in between, which did not do much to prevent the cold winds from coming through.

We met Doug at Tulum and a couple other German boys we had met along the way.
Spent the rest of the days lazing by the beach.
Took a boat trip and snorkelled. It was really nice seeing all the colourfull fishes and corals on the sea

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bed. We also got to see Tulum ruins from the sea.

Played football on the beach with the guys. I actually forgot how old I was as I played barefooted and at the end of the game, I was in pain and exhausted....ha ha but it was fun..

We bought groceries from the supermarket and made our dinners in our cabanas.
The beach is pretty out of the way and we refused to pay for a taxi which charges a lot for a short distance. So we resorted to hitch hiking out which was fun and free!

Lily and I found a nice restaurant down the road and had breakfast there. It was the best breakfast I have had so far in Mexico. I am always pleasantly suprised by how it good it can get whenm you least expect it.Great omelletes, fresh orange juice and an amazing vegetable pickles that was filled with fresh herbs, cloves of garlic, olive oil and a generous amount of vegetables in it....yummmmy

We didn't really visit the ruins which was 5 minutes away from our cabanas.
Saw it on the boat and from the entrance. It was an interesting one

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but we felt it was enough ruins for the moment for all of us.

We drank loads of beer, played cards, had "happy leaves" and had lots of laughs through out the few days.

What more can i say about Tulum?
It was just perfect.....

I left Tulum after a couple of days and said good bye to everyone as I had arranged to meet a Mexican friend in Playa Del Carmen for 2 days before moving on to Isla Mujeres.

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