Tulum 26/5 - 31/5

So I convinces Stu that flying to Tulum would be more practical and cost effective than taking the bus and we arrived at Mexico City airport again. The metro is great but boy do they love their stairs and with our back packs and the few beers we had had the night before it was hard. We got on the flight and 2 hours we were in Cancun rather that 12 hours no brainer eh? We cought a bus to Play Del Carmen and then from there to Tulum. We arrived and headed to the party hostel we had been told about the Weiry Traveller (thanks Sarah) ans checked in and promptly went to the bar where a 6 pack of beer cost 3 pounds!!! Nice one didn't really sleap that much I am trying to get used to the heat.

The next day we went to the beach, it is so beautiful it is like something out of a Bounty or Malabu add, the sand has specks of pink in it from the coral. The sun was so hot that we had to find a palm tree to shade ourselves in. We met up with a few people from our hostel and shared the bag looking after which was good. Then back to the hostel for more beer and the cook your own BBQ nice. We moved rooms in to an air conditioned room it would be good if it wasn't massive and we didn't have the beds furtherest away from the small box on the wall spitting out cool air.

That night the Tulum Welcome developed a very angry and sore sun burn on our chests and sholders. It is called the Tulum Welcome cause the first thing people do is go to the beach get scorched and can't do anything for a few days. So that started our 2 days of hiding from the sun. As an extra bonus I woke up the next morning with over 100 bed bug bites. We promptly moved to a hostel that was recommended to us by an English guy that was staying there for 3 weeks. Casa Del Sol a little bit out of the way but we got a private cabana for the same privet as a 12 bed dorm with bed bugs so that was good.

We went on a snorkeling tour of the Cenots which means caves we a really nice guy who set up his own business it feels good helping the little guy. The Cenotes were beautiful but very cold as was the weather. The firs one that we went into was inside the cave where we had to duck down under the water to get into the cave proper. It reminded me of that movie The Decent I kept thinking that monsters were going to come and get us. We ducked under the water again to see the huge underwater cave the visibility was brilliant. There were little fish swimming all round us it was so beautiful . We then went to 2 other Ceonts where the guide cough us a turtle to pet and then put it back to swim. It was great because it was a wet day we were the only people there the 6 of us. We had heard that they get really full but we got them to ourselves it was amazing.

So we settled in to the slow pace of Tulum as the rain pelted down on us all day long there was a tropical storm in Belise that kicked up all the rain. so no more beach and with out the beack there is not much more to do in Tulum so time to move again. We heard from some people that San Christobel is nice so we are off again.