We thought we should check out the other RV park, Paa Mul, near us so we unloaded the scooter and headed back north about five miles. It was like a little village with lots of permanent palapas built around RVs and travel trailers and not many short-term rentals. The sandy beach area was really small and skirted on both ends with lots of rocks. While they offer full hook-ups, they also charge $40 USD per night and don’t even list their prices in pesos! We are really happy with our choice of Xpu-ha. The best thing about Paa Mul was seeing this iguana on the beach!
Seeing several new “tourist” adventures advertised along the road, we decided to see what they were. The first one is called XPLOR. It looked pretty cool – 14 zip lines – apparently one of them even has a water landing! It has underground swimming in caverns with stalactites and stalagmites and some kind of jeep drive underground. It was all-inclusive with food and drinks but neither of us really wanted to spend $109USD per person for the experience today!
The next one we checked out is called Rio Secreto and is a trip to a protected natural reserve. You swim in a cave with stalactites and stalagmites and they give you a buffet lunch. This one ran $69USD per person. We also picked up a brochure for Xel-Ha, which is a huge natural water experience. It has lagoons for snorkeling, tubes for floating, zip lines, and swimming with dolphins. Some of their activities are at an extra charge, but their entry of $79USD per person seemed fairly reasonable. We both wished our son, Tyler, was here – it would be fun to do some of these with him. We also think he would love to try the kite boarding. As it was, we opted to head back to our beach and relax
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After lunch I had a siesta while Tobey was off to the beach again. He met a young couple, Ben and Lindsey, at the resort up the beach and had fun sharing “frugal” stories with them. In addition to her “day job,” Lindsay writes a blog,
http://www.frugalandfabulous.org/. We walked back so I could meet them and they were really delightful.
Later this afternoon, the sky turned cloudy, and we had a brief shower lasting only a few minutes, but it was still great to be able to walk close to a mile with the waves lapping at our legs. The sky seems to be clearing – we’ll go out later to check out the stars. Last night we could see the lights from Cozumel in the distance across the water.
GPS 20.47185°N, 87.25854°W
3 comments:
That whole area is quite a shock after being in the "real" Mexico, isn't it? I see Paa Mul has raised their prices, they were $30 USA per day when we stayed there a few days two years ago. I think we shall give it a pass this time and head straight to Chetumal or maybe one of the "X" beaches along the way.
First we have to get out of Merida! We had quite the storm yesterday afternoon!
Hi Sue & Tobey!
It was so great meeting you and swapping stories! I'm glad you found my web site ;)! We are back in cold Massachusetts and are already wishing we were back on the beach! We are enjoying reading your blog and hope you have a great time on the rest of your adventure!
We enjoyed it too! We are scuba diving tomorrow and looking forward to that. Keep warm,
Sue
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