Also spent some time exploring the beach area just east of the town of Tulum and YIKES! are there ever a lot of hotels and a lot of people!!! It was some kind of culture shock for us given where we've been these past couple of months. That little road seemed to go on forever and ever and the whole thing was crammed with beachfront hotels and other shops, restaurants, and hotels on the other side. I had heard there were a lot of them but never in my wildest imagination would I have believed there were as many as there actually are! It sure reinforced for us just how thankful we are that we are located where we are. In a totally private location with none of the busy'ness that is present everywhere else we've seen here.
At the end of the final section of bumper to bumper hotels and people we hit a gravel road (the arch and gravel road pictured below) and once through it we were in a national park and if we'd have driven for about 50 km on that road...supposedly we'd have come to a really beautiful location and possibly even some manatees but...we went as far as possible with our car (about 20 km) and then had to turn back as the road was definitely not made for cars! A 4 wheel drive was the only thing that would have taken us any further! Regardless it was a really nice drive. The road was shaded by the jungle canopy hanging over on both sides, we passed only a couple of other vehicles, and occasionally the jungle opened up just enough for us to catch a glimpse of the sea.
Speaking of the sea and the beach in front of it....we're still waiting to see the beaches that are shown in all the photos of Tulum. So far, everything we've seen has been covered in sea grass that has washed up and today there was lots of wind and waves so...it sure didn't call us to run down to the shore and jump in. Tomorrow we have a specific destination in mind that is close to the Tulum ruins (about 20 km north of here) and that is supposed to be the stuff those famous photos depict. It is called Puerto Maroma and we've got our fingers and toes crossed that it induces the sigh that is attached to the experience of seeing such natural beauty.
Made good use of our kitchen tonight. Rice with fresh pineapple, BBQ chicken, onions sautéed in a whole bunch of butter, and some tomatoes with chilis all mixed together to make something good enough to say that "I'd make that again!" The bonus is that there are enough leftovers that we'll be having it again tomorrow or the next day too.
Tonight the plan is to see if I can get netflix off my ipad and onto the big flatscreen. Wifi is plenty strong here and so we should be able to find something to watch. Last night (after Mama Mia finished around 6:00) we couldn't find anything but zombie crap and super crazy game shows! Lets see just how techie I can be....and if not....then we'll be watching the iPad screen wishing it was larger. LOL!
Lynda just brought over some cut up fresh sandia (watermelon) so I gotta go cuz this is dessert and I already know how sweet this watermelon is cuz I had some of it yesterday. :)
Till next time,
L & L
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