Tulum - Arizona February 8-9, 2014

WOW – our time in Tulum is over. Saturday morning we took a walk to the market for a couple things we forgot to pick up. We went by the town square park and there was some kind of a recycling event going on. People were lined up with their recyclables where they were weighed, documented, and paid for their efforts. When we put our trash out, Chris told us to put plastic bottles next to the trash bin and “someone” would be along to pick them up – and it was amazing how quickly they disappeared!

Two hours and 9+ miles later we were home. Quick showers and the last of our things packed, we headed out to have lunch before our taxi picked us up to take us to the bus station. We tried another restaurant we passed on a daily basis and enjoyed a pollo and asada empanada, a sope, a salbute, and split a grande chocolate milk smoothie. Everything was really delicious!

Our bus left Tulum at 1:30 and arrived at the Cancun airport at 3:40. We got out at the wrong terminal and had to hoof it with our bags about 15 minutes for our 6:00 pm flight to Dallas. We overnighted in Dallas before catching our flight to Phoenix this morning.

It is good to be back. Our moms were happy to see us and our Penny dog was beside herself trying to give both of us kisses!

One of our friends asked us to share some photos of where we stayed, as well as other street scenes.

The following are pictures of places we passed most days.
The street we walk to get to our apartment:



Our apartment is in the short yellow building on the right in the picture below.
This is a view of our street – the building on the right is under construction and across the street from us.


Keena keeping an eye out on the street from the landing of the upstairs apartment. She was such a sweet dog!

If you’re not sure what is wrong, you can have a medical consultation for $35 pesos ($2.65USD) before getting your medicine at the pharmacy next door. For many things, like a Ventolin Asthma inhaler, you don’t need a prescription – and the cost is a fraction of what you pay in the US. I probably shouldn’t get started with the problems with the US health care system, but I wish something would change!
Shopping for bassinets, blankets, and hammocks.

The main north-south road through Tulum.

As we left Dallas this morning, it was totally fogged in and overcast. After climbing through the clouds, we had this view!

We will spend a few days here in Scottsdale before we head to California to visit friends.