Travel with Tobey and Sue

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

January 27, 2014 - Tulum Beach

Another beach day today! We arrived at the colectivo station about 10:25 for the 10:30 departure and there was no colectivo. There were only two people waiting … and so we waited, also. And waited … and waited! One guy hailed a taxi and left, the woman continued to wait. She decided to call a taxi after it was 15 minutes late. We asked her how far she was going and asked if we could share her taxi and split the cost, and she agreed. It got us almost to the beach road and cost $35 pesos, then we walked the rest of the way. We think that perhaps the colectivo was actually full (overflowing) early,and left ahead of the 10:30 departure time!
We walked the beach, then stopped at lunch at the OM Restaurant. We split a pizza and had soft drinks. It came to $214 pesos with tip – kind of pricey for lunch, but it was pretty good. ($16 USD) One of the things about this beach that has caught Tobey’s eye is how many of the women go topless. We had quite a show when one topless woman was learning how to ride a SUP (stand up paddle board) just beyond our restaurant.
There are several yoga spas along this beach also – and many of the classes are topless, as well! Tobey does yoga, but he didn’t think he would have fit with their groups since he doesn’t have the same “attributes”! We also passed this massage stand on our walks and I decided to have a massage on the beach today.
They charged $45 USD for an hour massage. Although Guillermo did an okay massage, when you have a really good massage therapist at home, it is never as good!

Tobey hung out on the beach while I was getting my massage, then we headed out to catch the 3pm colectivo back to town. It was full (and believe me, it has to be REALLY full for them to keep going) and did not stop! We stopped a taxi and negotiated a $70 peso ride back to the supermarket in town. We picked up some groceries and walked back to the apartment, arriving at 5 pm! We had dinner in and are planning to go to the Monkey Sanctuary tomorrow.

LATE ADDITION: Tried to post this and our internet was down. Last night there was a loud boom outside, but we didn’t think too much about it. Barbara (the owner) came and brought us candles and told us that the electricity was out in many areas of Tulum and didn’t know how long we would have power. The apartments next door and all around are dark! We never lost power, just internet until Tuesday afternoon.

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