Cabanas Copal Tulum

... (from Israel), Celine (from Switzerland), Audrey (from France), and Sebastian the pirate bartender (from Argentina) at Papaya Playa, then at Cabanas Copal, then at Papaya Playa, and then into town to a bar/club called Acabar. It was so much fun that Dave ...

... jungle quickly becomes thick (and scary) and we head back to the water.   Finally we come across a couple of cabanas that make Copal look like the MGM Grand in Vegas.  But the most impressive part about these cabanas (even more astonishing ...

... to remain open, per se.  I wonder what day these folks will check out!?!  Also, the way the path winds around the cabanas, there was a lot of drunk revelry passing our cabana most of the night.  Oh well, the sun still comes up in the ...

... some, and then resumed our trip back north.   We had been walking quite awhile, passing Suenos, Amansala, Los Lirios, and Cabanas Tulum.  At this point, we were just plodding along the waters edge somewhat in a Zone.  I could hear the ...

... service just plain sucks.  The only nice employees we found our entire stay were the spa people and housekeeping.  If Copal management reads this, you should give your housekeeping gal a raise.  Or maybe put her in charge of the ...

... until 11:30.  So we opt for yet another Copal breakfast to see if the first was just a fluke.  I order the namesake "Copal Breakfast", which is referred to as the Mexicana at Zahra.  The portion is about half the size as Zahra, and I would ...

... 's own fair job at taking care of the tummy rumbles.     After a little more beach time, we head back to Copal.  While stopping off briefly at our room, a messenger appears at our door.  His English is worse than my Spanish, so ...

... customer service.  I received a reply saying that "Human Resources" was sending someone down to work with the staff.  I can only hope that this will be of noticeable benefit to future guests at Cabanas Copal.  I just will not be one of ...

... ride, when one of the taxi's shoots on over and picks us up.  It's a few short minutes to the beach zone and to Cabanas Copal.  We check in, learn very little about the hotel other than the fact that they really, really want to make an imprint ...

... in amusement as a poor maintenence worker had to go down and kick out the nudists from the neighboring Cabanas Copal (clothing optional). Everywhere in Tulum is topless, but there are several resorts and cabanas that cater to the nudist crowd. We had one ...

... commercial than Cancun/Playa Del Carmen. 2hrs south of Cancun. Cabanas Santa Fe basic $15 Zazilkin: upmarket cabanas $25 Cabanas Copal: upmarket $22 http://studenttravel.about.com/od/mexicohostels/tp/hostels_tulum.htm Colectivo (minibus) from ...

... '?"  Yeah, that thought crossed my mind too as we're tooling south on 307.  Oh well, there are a number of internet café's in Tulum pueblo which we saw the other day.  So as soon as we hop off the collectivo, we pop in and log on.  I ...

... the beauty of the area, spend some quiet time with my maker, catch up on some reading, and of course enjoy the awesome Tulum sunrises.   Sometimes I'd even get so excited I'd go and wake up Chris to enjoy the sunrise with me!  She was ...

... This research pointed me to Tulum, as well as LocoGringo.com.    The plan for this trip?  One destination only, Tulum, and a 10 day stay.  No running around and "No" plans.  If we became motivated we would do something ...