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Beach camping, Akumal resort, and Scuba diving
After a whirlwind of planning, preparation and letting go of jobs, responsibilities, our Mission apartment and a majority of our possessions we were ready to take our first flight on February 22, 2011. It was hard to believe this day had finally arrived as we were BUSY right up to the last minute! Not surprisingly, we collapsed "out" as soon as our heads rested back on the haggard but comfy camping pillows we brought along for the trip. ...
Tulum: Cenotes y Mapaches
... the most spectacular ruins I see in Mexico and it was more their location that made them impressive!
Ruins done, I cycled through the town of Tulum and down to check out my first cenote. I'm not really sure what cenote translates to, but it would probably be something like water-hole, or swimming-hole. Ok, after a quick goole search of cenotes (sinkhole), they are surface connections to underground water sources. Some of them are collapsed ...
We go tourist
... meats ect. While we were eating, we had to watch too many fat people with little clothing or thongs on. Very few people really look good in a thong. This includes the skinny people. They do have a better chance of looking goodJ! After eating we walked around the park. We looked a cenotes, which are our version of sink holes with water. They are very pretty. You will see me in a picture swimming in one. We ...
Tulum or not Tulum
... at this very time!
Of course, you’re not alone here - November in Mexico is the start of the busy season. Tulum has a very close proximity to the package horror that is Cancun, and that stretch of coast started teeming with people pretty much as we arrived there. To a couple of backpackers, who’ve just got into the swing of things, the type of tourism attracted to this region pretty much opposes what ...
Tulum
... br> Strange Songs in Strange Places: ´An Introduction´
Hearing McCalmont and Butler´s "Yes" in the Weary Traveller hostel was the beginning. What a throughly odd song to be playing in a place like this, I though to myself (I did, I thought that). The Australian I was with had no clue, no-one else seemed peturbed, but this was weird. And ...


