| Adventures in Tulum |
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| Friday, 24 September 2004 | |
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A Day of Adventure in Tulum Ruins, cenotes, friendly people and more….. We arrived in Tulum late afternoon after driving down road 307 searching for our destination with only a name and a small idea of the location. As we drove through the town of Tulum I watched the mixture of people walking along the sidewalks browsing the shops and seated at tables in restaurants. We passed by the bus station with buses parked along the wide street awaiting their passengers, also finding plenty of taxis here. We arrived at the hotel El Crucero located at the entrance of the Ruins of Tulum where the friendly front desk clerk greeted us as we entered; he showed us to our room and offered to help with our bags.............. The following morning we had breakfast at the hotel restaurant sitting under the grass covered tiki hut; the food was especially good and they have a different special served each night. The couple that runs the restaurant, Mili and Rene welcome you with big smiles and a friendly hola. We enjoyed our huevos a la mexicana breakfast as we took in the relaxed music playing and watched streams of buses drive along the streets dropping off and picking up loads of tourist making their way towards the ruins of Tulum. They all had hats covering their heads from the hot sun and bathing suits underneath their clothes for the big pay off swim at the beach after some archaeological education.
After breakfast we drove into the main part of the town of Tulum and wandered around the small shops and restaurants and found the people very helpful and sociable. The newly finished brick walks seem to give the town its own personal flare, the walks run along the shops and restaurants as patrons are seated at outside tables; an excellent place for people watching. After having an early lunch at La Nave and browsing around the shops it’s time to hit the beach. We hop in the jeep and head north on 307 out of town, at the first light we take a right down a long road that leads us to a left or right turn, being the adventures that we are we decided to take the right turn and see where it takes us; heading south down the road with the beach on the left side of us there are lots of cabanas, hotels and restaurants to check out as well as private residences (but not recommended to check those out). It’s a little difficult to access the beaches from this side unless you go through the hotels or cabana area. The road ends at Sian Kaan, Punta Allen where you pay a fee to get in or as we did turn around and drive back exploring the right side of the beach that ends at the Ruins of Tulum.
I’m sure looking around and seeing the girls walking around topless makes the guys on the beach feel a different kind of freedom too. After a few hours on the beach I drag my boyfriend off the beach and notice we now have great tans! We decided to go cool off at a cenote; this information was offered to us at our hotel. We drove further down 307 headed north until we reach Dos Ojos the best place to swim in a cenote. Our fee to enter was only 80 pesos after telling the guy we have our own equipment. We walked down the rock guided white sand trails to approach the open mouth cave (cenote) I heard someone say as they were getting out of the cenote “my fingers feel like ice”. OK, so it is a bit cold but no where near frost bite. We spent a couple hours in the cenotes looking at the cool colorful fish and scuba divers swimming underneath us; it was such tranquility. After a couple of hours cooling off at the cenote we headed back to our room to experience the nightlife of Tulum. Life is one long vacation; but someone’s gotta do it. Cynthia Simmons has just moved to the Maya area. You can e-mail her questions or comments at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .
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By: Cynthia Simmons
Taxis lined up in front of the hotel awaiting passengers on their way to the beach; there sure are plenty of taxi drivers here.
We turn off a half mile prior onto a beach road; it seems to be the only access to the beach without going through a hotel. The water is incredible; three different colors of blue and you are able to see right to the bottom. Lying in the sun and listening to the sound of the ocean brings out a feeling of freedom, aahh, life on the beach!
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best regards