Eventually, we arrived in Tulum and thanks to some very good directions were able to locate the apartment we'd rented for the next four days. I say thanks to some very good directions because the "road" we had to turn down to find our place doesn't look like much of a road....I'd describe it more as a back lane and one that might require 4 wheel drive to boot! On the upside, we have no traffic on our "road" so it couldn't be any more quiet. We are just 1/2 block off the main highway (and the centre of town). We are just 1/2 block from the corner where you start the drive down to the waterfront and the beautiful Tulum beaches found there. All in all...it's a perfect location!
As well, we've "upgraded" for this stop on our tour. We have a full apartment complete with full kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. There are just five apartments on the property so even if it fills at some point during our stay...it will never feel crowded. We have a private rooftop deck with a large lounging area complete with cushions and curtains to stave off the sun. There is also another private deck that overlooks the pool right off our living room. We even have a big flat screen TV and cable so for the first time in months watched a movie tonight and as I'm typing this, Lynda is watching Mike and Molly which is giving her cause to chuckle at their antics. WTH...now she is watching some crazy/hilarious Mexican game show where people are having to strip every time they answer a question incorrectly! I'll do my best to stay focused on my typing though. LOL! :)
Speaking of chuckles and hilarity...we were experiencing our fair share of that this afternoon after we returned to our apartment from the grocery store. Of course we had ice (for the drinks we were dying to pour) as well as enough groceries to take care of breakfasts, snacks, and at least one dinner for our time here. Oh ya...I snuck in a bottle of Baileys to complement the coffee too. :) Anyway....Lynda had the keys to our door (which is one story up so there are an abundance of stairs to carry our groceries up!) and as I came back with a second load from the car...she said, "I can't get this door to unlock!" I climbed the stairs and gave it a try as well and with no better luck. Initially I was mad enough to even put my shoulder into the door with a mind to open it by force (as the only lock was the door handle) but...as I gave that a second thought...I considered the potential consequences of doing that in a foreign land! So...instead we decided to break in via the open window above the stairs going up to our apartment. Fortunately there were no other people on our property to witness our antics AND Lynda removing her skirt. Yes Darlene and Gail...she was wearing her red skirt! That red skirt would have some great stories to tell if it could talk! She removed her skirt so she wouldn't get tangled up in it during the B & E! For a minute I wondered if she'd maybe done something like this before because she really is quite good at planning it all out! She also laid her skirt across the window sill in the hope that it would help to protect her from scratching herself as she scrambled/crawled/hung/slithered/grunted her way through the open window.
So....I steadied myself on the stairs just below the window; pushing my butt against the wall and my hands on the railing. I held my breath and braced so she could step/kneel on my back to have a chance at getting high enough to "flop" the top half of her body through the open window (she'd been able to take the screen out). Fortunately it was a large window so there was no fear of broken glass etc and after she'd hung there long enough to grab a couple of cushions off the couch and push the couch just far enough away from the window that she could "fall" onto the cushions on the floor. When I asked her if I could do anything to help as she "hung" there half way in and half way out...and in her underwear....she replied, "just don't look" and I assured her I wouldn't! :) LOL! She made it the rest of the way into the apartment and was able to open the door from the inside. We laughed and laughed and then we poured a couple of stiff drinks. Thankfully we had purchased a LARGE bag of ice so not all of it had melted during our antics. In 30+ temperatures...a bag of ice does not last long!
What a day! Arrangements have been made for the locksmith to be here at 8:00 a.m. to replace the lock and get the deadbolt lined up as that is the one we'd prefer to use. Lynda's red skirt has a new story to tell and tonight it holds a place of honour in the closet as a key element in her successful B & E this afternoon. :) Who knows what it will see/do tomorrow.
Till then....
L & L
photos are of roadside vendors en route to Tulum as well as the "road" into our apartment the outside views we found when we got here.
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