With no real plan in mind, Eric started working on the bike the next morning and by the time he was done it was far past noon. Simon came down to chat for a bit and helped Eric work on his bike for a while. Afterwards, Simon offered to give Eric some "sand riding" lessons, which Eric reluctantly accepted. Well, a 10 minute lesson turned into 3 hours and before we knew it, we were staying another night at Xpu-ha. Though we thought we should really explore more of the area, Xpu-ha has a way of dragging you in and making you feel right at home and/or in love so much that you don't want to leave. We spent some time on the beach and had some dinner at our campground later that night. We pulled a late nighter even though it was just the two of us since the owner of the hotel next to the campground was having a party, in the parking lot, right next to our campsite. Eric and I partied with them, in a sense, as we listened to their music and laughter from our campsite, drinking self made paloma's while waiting out their party until 2:30 am.
Lisa offers for me to sit on her bike. Eric and her have the same bike however hers is much more upgraded and quite larger.
Eric and Simon heading out for their lessons
In the mean time Lisa and I relax on the beach
Waiting out the party...
The next day, as you can imagine, we were feeling pretty rough as it is far too hot to sleep in inside a tent in the summer time. So we decided, once again on staying at Xpu-ha for the rest of our trip and to go on a day tour of Tulum and surrounding area instead of leaving/moving on. We drove down to Tulum, spotted out some new campgrounds should we so choose to take advantage of, drove around the "newly developed in the last 5 years hippie/yuppie beach drive", then drove up to Akumal, a beach supposed to be incredibly great for snorkeling, and then finally made our way back home. We had been to Tulum 4 years ago and loved it, but knew even then it wasn't the "backpackers paradise" anymore since the prices were so high, but found out now it is really just a vacation spot for yuppies or flashpackers to feel as though they are living a backpackers lifestyle; 200 dollar a night bungalows on the beach with no AC certainly do not qualify as a backpackers paradise. I quickly flashed back to Zipolite's 15 dollar a night bungalow's located right on the beach and made the observation that Zipolite now is what Tulum used to be 10+ years ago. While Akumal is beautiful, it is overrun with resorts and expensive beach side restaurants that we didn't feel the need to stay for more than 10 minutes.
Instead, we drove back to our pristine, secluded beach and enjoyed the next few hours basking in the sun and eating great seafood.
Cute RV spot next to our campground
Eric stalks this guy before we head out..
We drive by a hotel we stayed at 5 years ago.. what a great place but much different (dead) than we remember it. Though the water is still beautiful
Akumal
Aqua-chili and guacamole= yumm!
Cute, gringa surfer girls hang out by the bar
More company for us
After falling asleep on the beach, we wake up to the sound of thunder in the distance. We get up to find a dark storm could coming in and make our way back to our campground. We decide on packing up our camp and moving to a hotel room for the night. While the rooms are very basic, the price is over 50 dollars a night and with no AC. At this point, the price to pay was minimal to pay to replace to aggravation of hiding out in the tent in the rain. And, of course, we were only a few steps away from the water which was all the better. In the end, it only sprinkled but sleeping in a bed was definitely a nice change from sleeping in the tent we had been in the last few nights.We ordered a pizza for dinner, and spent the evening enjoying our balcony and the cool air from the storm.
This is how we carry our pizza home
We enjoyed our time sleeping in the hotel room so much that I decided I would stay in Xpu-ha while Eric flew home to work again. We knew I would be staying somewhere in the area, but I hadn't decided on a place this time. At first, I thought the lazy days at the beach would be too boring, but knew I had a lot of work to do so I would be occupied. In addition, I was worried that I would not be able to drive the bike through the beach sand but was determined to get over my fears and decided to stay after all. The next day, Eric and I enjoyed our last day together lounging around Xpu-ha, and gathering groceries for me for the week. We bought a burner for my hotel room for me to cook with, and bought a 5 gallon water supply which would allow me to drink/cook with. We were glad to have the hotel room to come home to, once again, as it started storming and this time lasted a few hours. The wind was so bad that the power ended up going out, and we spent our last night watching the rain from our porch and eating snacks for dinner until our new made friends Cory and Isabella invited us up (to the room above us) for some power outage drinks. We talked, listened to music and danced with our new friends until about 1 am when the power finally came back on and we called it a night. Eric would fly out the next morning, and it was time to get some sleep.
Goofy stops back by for a visit
Isabella, me, Cory. What fun ladies!
Lisa offers for me to sit on her bike. Eric and her have the same bike however hers is much more upgraded and quite larger.
Eric and Simon heading out for their lessons
In the mean time Lisa and I relax on the beach
Waiting out the party...
The next day, as you can imagine, we were feeling pretty rough as it is far too hot to sleep in inside a tent in the summer time. So we decided, once again on staying at Xpu-ha for the rest of our trip and to go on a day tour of Tulum and surrounding area instead of leaving/moving on. We drove down to Tulum, spotted out some new campgrounds should we so choose to take advantage of, drove around the "newly developed in the last 5 years hippie/yuppie beach drive", then drove up to Akumal, a beach supposed to be incredibly great for snorkeling, and then finally made our way back home. We had been to Tulum 4 years ago and loved it, but knew even then it wasn't the "backpackers paradise" anymore since the prices were so high, but found out now it is really just a vacation spot for yuppies or flashpackers to feel as though they are living a backpackers lifestyle; 200 dollar a night bungalows on the beach with no AC certainly do not qualify as a backpackers paradise. I quickly flashed back to Zipolite's 15 dollar a night bungalow's located right on the beach and made the observation that Zipolite now is what Tulum used to be 10+ years ago. While Akumal is beautiful, it is overrun with resorts and expensive beach side restaurants that we didn't feel the need to stay for more than 10 minutes.
Instead, we drove back to our pristine, secluded beach and enjoyed the next few hours basking in the sun and eating great seafood.
Cute RV spot next to our campground
Eric stalks this guy before we head out..
Akumal
Aqua-chili and guacamole= yumm!
Cute, gringa surfer girls hang out by the bar
More company for us
After falling asleep on the beach, we wake up to the sound of thunder in the distance. We get up to find a dark storm could coming in and make our way back to our campground. We decide on packing up our camp and moving to a hotel room for the night. While the rooms are very basic, the price is over 50 dollars a night and with no AC. At this point, the price to pay was minimal to pay to replace to aggravation of hiding out in the tent in the rain. And, of course, we were only a few steps away from the water which was all the better. In the end, it only sprinkled but sleeping in a bed was definitely a nice change from sleeping in the tent we had been in the last few nights.We ordered a pizza for dinner, and spent the evening enjoying our balcony and the cool air from the storm.
This is how we carry our pizza home
We enjoyed our time sleeping in the hotel room so much that I decided I would stay in Xpu-ha while Eric flew home to work again. We knew I would be staying somewhere in the area, but I hadn't decided on a place this time. At first, I thought the lazy days at the beach would be too boring, but knew I had a lot of work to do so I would be occupied. In addition, I was worried that I would not be able to drive the bike through the beach sand but was determined to get over my fears and decided to stay after all. The next day, Eric and I enjoyed our last day together lounging around Xpu-ha, and gathering groceries for me for the week. We bought a burner for my hotel room for me to cook with, and bought a 5 gallon water supply which would allow me to drink/cook with. We were glad to have the hotel room to come home to, once again, as it started storming and this time lasted a few hours. The wind was so bad that the power ended up going out, and we spent our last night watching the rain from our porch and eating snacks for dinner until our new made friends Cory and Isabella invited us up (to the room above us) for some power outage drinks. We talked, listened to music and danced with our new friends until about 1 am when the power finally came back on and we called it a night. Eric would fly out the next morning, and it was time to get some sleep.
Goofy stops back by for a visit
Isabella, me, Cory. What fun ladies!
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