Moving Northward

Wednesday, May 25, 2011--Chetumal to Tulum Pueblo, Mexico

Today was our last long bus ride.  Knowing it would be about 4 hours long, we were up early.  Buses in Mexico are expensive anyway, so we chose to take one at 9:00 that was $5 cheaper than the one at 8:30.

Tulum Pueblo is a big tourist city because of the Mayan ruins beside the sea.  We will see those tomorrow.  It being 13:00 when we arrived, we first searched for a hotel.  Fortunately, our first choice had a room for us--The Posada Luna del Sur.  It's a mini-suite with a kitchenette, living area, sleeping area, bath, and balcony.  It's really a beautiful place well designed and well maintained.

We immediately went out to find a local place for lunch.  We found a small restaurant with a luncheon special--soup, beans, rice, slaw, meat, and drink.  I had pork and Wes had chicken as the meat; we both had watermelon juice as our drink.

Back at the room, we rested and watched TV while keeping cool during the heat of the afternoon.  Then at 16:30, we went walking to the beach.  It was further than we expected because the map was not to scale.  But it was a pleasant walk.  It took us 4 hours round-trip.  The beach was nice and the water was pretty.

Back in town, we found a performance occurring on a stage in the center of town.  We watched two women do a performance on a trapeze and on a hanging fabric.  We watched two men and two women do various acts involving swords, fire batons, etc.  Then there was a group of young boys performing Mayan dances and drumming.

It was a nice day, but we were both tired at the end.