Copal Tulum

... many places had no vacancies and those that did either had unsatisfactory accommodations or were terribly expensive. We finally did find the Copal Paradise Hotel, which had available bungalows. While Charlie checked in, I went off to watch the last of the ...

... 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 and I ...

... children play at the curbs while waiting for their parents to close up shop and take them home.  I get a warm feeling that Tulum Pueblo has a distinctly "small town" feel to it.  Only Floyd is selling blankets rather than haircuts, and Andy and ...

... on their honeymoon, and have already been in Tulum close to a week, and definitely appear to have relaxed and soaked in the Tulum "vibe".  Since the honeymooners have already eaten at Mezzanine, we opt only for drinks, on empty stomachs.  We'll ...

... 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 ...

... so we decide to catch some breakfast at the next place we pass.  This just happens to be a quaint little place called 'Tita Tulum'. Tita has a beautiful beach out in front, as did most of the places we were passing this far south.  One thing ...

... '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 ...

... tearing pages.  I point out he's looking under "Cancun", then he flips to Playa del Carmen, eventually working his way to Tulum.  He finds the number, dials, and hands me his cell phone without saying a word.  I managed to line up a ...

... the road the little ways to Zahra.  We were surprised during this first visit that the menu carries the identical items as Copal.  But starting with the cof-fay and the jugo de naranja we quickly found out that Zahra's portions are ...

... (I forget the name).  We'll have to get a car next year and see some sights.     One final note about Copal: I realize as I have written, and then read my posts, that I've ragged on Copal quite a bit.  I would like to clarify my ...

... '?"  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 ...

... Then there was a little bit of sleep in anticipation of our first visit to the Yucatan mainland state of Quintana Roo, city of Tulum.   We had a early flight out of Austin on Sunday morning, leaving around 6:50 am to connect through DFW.  Does ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 Cancun -Playa Del ...