(sorry, only google translate 🙁 )
So the weekend was over and we were flying over Atlanta to Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. As we did not want to do the Cancun, which was predominantly frequented by tourists, we sat in the airport directly in a bus to the Tulum 2 hours away with a short stopover in Playa del Carmen. Our hostel was a super interesting variant, we slept not in a room but in a wooden hut with a great ambience. We felt almost like in the middle of the jungle 🙂
Tulum itself is a kind of fishing village, which is famous for its Mayan ruins by the sea and attracts mainly day trips from Cancun. The village itself is nothing overly special, mainly hotels, tour providers and restaurants, but a good base for a few explorations. The next day we wanted to visit the ruins and cenotes (roughly, circular limestone holes filled with fresh water in the ground, where you can swim, snorkel and dive) from Coba about 45min by car. Since we absolutely wanted to try the so-called Collectivos, we went to the stop, only to wait about 1 hour to the next (nobody had said that the things only two times a day). But we arrived and still had plenty of time to climb the 42m second pyramid of the peninsula. Climbing over the ceded and steep steps is rewarded with a brilliant view of the surrounding jungle. Then we grabbed another bike and drove to a 6km distant Cenote, which is almost completely underground and can only be reached by a 2m wide hole over a wooden stairs. Back we went by bus, which did not start at 7 o’clock instead of 6 o’clock, but so slowly we realized that this is probably normal 🙂 In addition, the cost of the day excursion cost about 30 € including all rides and bike rental. Not even bad, right? 🙂
For the next day was the beach of Tulum and a little lazy on the program. We tried to get a glimpse of the ruins, as we were told from several sides that the ruins themselves are not worth a visit and only the location at the sea is exceptional. In the afternoon we went by bike to another, this time overground cenote with turtles 🙂
After Mexico is almost complete new territory for us, we also had to fight a little through the forest at restaurants and different food varieties. Simply put, there are relatively hip restaurants for tourists, with for example burritos or fish. There are also local restaurants – mostly on the plastic chairs – where neither English is spoken nor the map. We sampled both, but we were impressed by the tacos of the local restaurants. Usually for 8 pesos (1 € = 20 pesos) per taco, you can get for 1-2 € the belly with different tacos. Very very delicious